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Ukraine: Learning Paper: Leveraging Mutual Aid for Energy Resilience in Winter

Country: Ukraine Sources: Concern Worldwide, Welthungerhilfe Please refer to the attached file. Problem Statement The 2025–2026 winter season in Ukraine was the coldest in 15 years, with temperatures frequently falling below -20°C. The impact of these extreme conditions was compounded by repeated attacks on energy infrastructure, leaving households facing prolonged disruptions to electricity, heating, and water services for up to 16 hours per day. In December alone, 61 strikes targeted energy and heating infrastructure across the country, followed by near-daily attacks throughout January. As a result, energy infrastructure in at least 17 regions as damaged or destroyed and approximately two-thirds of Ukraine’s pre-war electricity generation capacity compromised. Against this backdrop, traditional household-level winterisation assistance proved insuAicient to meet the significantly increased needs of aAected communities. The scale and duration of service disruptions highlighted the growing importance of communal heating and energy resilience solutions to help residents maintain access to essential services during prolonged outages. Response JERU proposed to tackle these prolonged outages in partnership with Homeowner Associations using the Group Cash Transfer (GCT) modality to replicate the government-funded, SvitloDim programme which was available only to homeowner associations in Kyiv Oblast. The programme supported homeowner associations, which are responsible for the management and maintenance of residential apartment buildings, by providing financial assistance to procure and install backup energy solutions. Since 2023, JERU has been providing cash assistance to Community-Led Initiatives through the GCT modality . Through this approach 11,300 people have been safely evacuated from frontline locations over 50,000 people have benefited from a range of community-driven priorities such as improved shelters, rehabilitated water infrastructure, safe spaces and psychosocial support. After requests for assistance from local authorities in Mykolaiv and Kherson oblasts, JERU alongside local partner, Peaceful Heaven of Kharkiv, collaborated with authorities to identify homeowner associations managing multi-story residential buildings. The selection criteria focused on buildings that were fully dependent on electricity for heating and power provision and those that were facing critical gaps in backup resources. In total, 31 housing associations were supported, reaching 2,313 apartments and approximately 9616 individuals, at an average cost of €12 per person. Transfer values were aligned with the government SvitloDim benchmark, with €2000 allocated to buildings of 1–6 floors and UAH €4000 allocated to buildings of 7–16 floors.

ReliefWebReliefWeb•Welthungerhilfe22 Sept

Trump set to address UNGA with Middle East and Ukraine on agenda – US politics live

President also due to hold meetings with 11 world leaders Sign up for US Breaking News emails The major US television news outlets agreed to suspend their video coverage of Donald Trump after the administration banned journalists from several outlets from entering the White House grounds. The collective decision came after the barred outlets – CNN, MS Now and Politico – sued the administration on Monday, saying the president’s actions were a violation of their first amendment rights. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Tom Ambrose22 Sept
  • neutral toward UNGA · 99%

Macron, Trump hold 'constructive' talks ahead of UN General Assembly

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he had "very constructive" talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump on the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine as they met in New York ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. France 24’s Philip Turle takes a closer look at what came out of Macron and Trump’s bilateral meeting and what to look out for at the UN later today.

France 24France 24•FRANCE2422 Sept
  • neutral toward Asamblea General de la ONU · 99%

EU deadlocked on changes to Russia sanctions ahead of key Ukraine, Greenland talks - Europe live

Without an agreement sanctions on nearly 3,000 entities accused of supporting the war on Ukraine will lapse at the end of the day in Brussels The EU is deadlocked over a plan to remove two Russian billionaires, Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, from its sanctions list as part of a bitterly disputed deal to keep broader restrictions in place on nearly 3,000 people and companies accused of enabling Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. “Extending sanctions for 36 months would be the right step. However, the price for it must not be simply striking both individuals from the sanctions list. Latvia cannot accept SUCH an offer.” Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Jakub Krupa22 Sept