Poland’s Poznań to send power equipment to Ukraine’s Kharkiv

The western Polish city of Poznań plans to send specialised power equipment to the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to help repair its energy infrastructure, news outlets have reported. 

Councillors in the western Polish city of Poznań have approved a plan to send specialised equipment to help repair energy infrastructure in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

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The specialised hardware is worth PLN 300,000 (EUR 64,000), Polish state news agency PAP reported. 

Poznań dla Charkowa: https://t.co/DdDKADc2gW pic.twitter.com/cjpk1utaWq

— Nasz Głos Poznański (@RedakcjaNGP) January 12, 2023

Just before Christmas, Poznań councillors decided to provide Kharkiv with power generators and other equipment for daytime shelters, according to city officials. 

However, following Russian rocket attacks on Kharkiv on December 28 and 29, the Ukrainian city said it needed equipment to repair its damaged power grid, the PAP news agency reported.  

Poznań councillors on Thursday approved the transfer of such equipment to Kharkiv. 

Poznań City Hall said in a statement that it had already sent several lorries’ worth of humanitarian supplies to the northeastern Ukrainian city.

Miasto Poznań wyśle do Charkowa warty 300 tys. zł sprzęt do naprawy sieci energetycznej.https://t.co/yzSpIj6Fcb

— Parlamentarny.pl (@ParlamentarnyPL) January 12, 2023

Officials said: “The city of Poznań, in cooperation with the Caritas charity in the Poznań Archdiocese, has dispatched several lorries full of children’s food, hygienic supplies, medicines and dressing materials to Kharkiv.”

They added that Poland's western Wielkopolskie province "has sent humanitarian supplies to the Kharkiv region, in cooperation with the regional food bank and Caritas.”   

Friday is day 324 of Russia’s war against Ukraine. 

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Source: PAP, poznan.pl