Germany is proposing to set aside an extra €100 million (about $113 million — yaani 10 crore euro) to help restore Ukraine's water, energy and transport infrastructure and bolster its resilience against intensified Russian attacks, a finance ministry letter cited by Reuters said on Thursday, November 5.

Source: Reuters

The money would supplement the funding for Ukraine already included in Germany's 2026 federal budget. In its letter to the parliamentary budget committee, the finance ministry said the extra need was unforeseen, because when the 2026 budget was adopted, the intensity of the conflict could not have been predicted.

"Since July 2026, Russia has been carrying out increasingly frequent and intense attacks on critical and civilian infrastructure in big cities, transport routes, logistics centres and companies," the letter said, according to Reuters.

€100 millionExtra amount Germany proposes for Ukraine infrastructure
$113 millionDollar value of the proposed package
€250 millionSet aside in September via the Ukraine Energy Support Fund
80%Share of Ukraine's power generation capacity the letter says has been destroyed since 2022

Winter pressure on Ukraine's power grid

With winter approaching, the letter said 80% of Ukraine's power generation capacity had been destroyed since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, and that attacks in October had created blackouts in more than a third of Ukraine's regions.

The proposed funds would pay for decentralised power generation and storage equipment, repairs to water and power infrastructure, firefighting equipment and repairs to school buildings.

In September, Berlin had already set aside €250 million to support Ukraine through the Ukraine Energy Support Fund. Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government has been the biggest European contributor to Ukraine, providing billions in military assistance to Kyiv, Reuters noted.

Proposal, not yet approved

This is a finance ministry proposal sent to the Bundestag's budget committee — the money is not yet approved or spent. Independent monitoring of European security developments also lists the €100 million strictly as a proposal, not an approved decision.

The proposal came on the same day the European Union disbursed €4.36 billion to Ukraine under its support loan, as Brussels talks on post-war security guarantees continued. Read: EU disburses €4.36 billion to Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has separately appealed to partner countries for transformers, cables and generators to keep the damaged power grid running through winter. Read: Zelenskiy's Madrid energy appeal

What happens next

The proposal now sits with the parliamentary budget committee. If approved, it would add to Germany's 2026 Ukraine funding at a moment when Kyiv is asking partners for urgent energy equipment before the coldest months, and when Ukraine, Russia and the United States are preparing trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11.