Denmark will provide Ukraine with a new $116 million aid package

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, Photo: Getty Images

Denmark will provide Ukraine with a new aid package worth about 783 million Danish kroner (116 million dollars).

According to the press service of the Danish government, the funds will be used for the purchase of military equipment through the Ukrainian defense industry and international partners.

«Putin continues his brutal and bloody attacks on Ukrainians. It is very important that Denmark continues to support Ukraine so that it can defend itself,» said Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen.

According to him, the 20th package of military support was compiled based on the wishes and needs of Ukraine and will be useful both in the short term and in the coming years.

The new aid package will increase the industrial pool by 300 million kroner in 2024, which will make it possible to strengthen the Ukrainian defense industry. Also, 112 million crowns will be additionally allocated to finance purchases through Ukrainian defense enterprises.

Denmark's cooperation with Mykolaiv

In March 2022, the president of Ukraine, speaking in front of the Danish parliament, called on the country to take «chiefship» over Mykolaiv after the end of a full-scale war.

At the end of August 2022, the mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, and the Minister of International Development of Denmark, Flemming Møller Mortensen , signed a memorandum of cooperation. The memorandum envisages joint work on the formation of reconstruction projects and the involvement of investors from different countries in the restoration of Mykolaiv.

In January 2023, a meeting of representatives of Denmark and Ukraine took place in Mykolaiv regarding the planning of further restoration of the city. And in July, the Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark announced a new aid package for Mykolaiv Oblast.

In September, after a meeting with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the opening of the office of the Danish Embassy in Ukraine in Mykolaiv.

In early November 2023, Denmark announced a new large-scale aid package for Ukraine for 40.2 million euros. The main emphasis in the aid package is on Mykolaiv and the Mykolaiv region.

In general, about 60% of the aid that Denmark sends to Ukraine goes to Mykolaiv and the Mykolaiv region, said the ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine Ole Egberg Mikkelsen. He also stated his vision of the post-war reconstruction of Mykolaiv with friendly conditions for pedestrians and bicycle infrastructure.

While in Mykolaiv, the ambassador explained that after the end of the full-scale war, Denmark would help Mykolaiv to restore and modernize its shipbuilding capacity.

In particular, Denmark will rebuild the Lyceum named after Mykola Arkas while preserving its authentic appearance. As of September 2023, Ukrainian architects presented Ole Egberg Mikkelsen with reconstruction options.

The ambassador also supported the idea of creating a Danish quarter or park in Mykolaiv, but today this issue remains at the idea stage.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Denmark has provided 118 million dollars in aid to the Mykolaiv region. And in 2024, it became known that the government of the Kingdom of Denmark will allocate 17.2 million dollars for the reconstruction of educational institutions in the Mykolaiv region, which were destroyed as a result of hostilities.