Ukraine and Denmark have launched the new Ukraine Transition Program for 2025–2028, with a budget of 2.8 billion Danish kroner (around $375 million). The program aims to restore critical infrastructure, provide humanitarian aid, support veterans and internally displaced persons, promote business development, advance green energy and transport, and continue reforms.
The program was presented by Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction and Minister for Communities and Territories Development, Oleksiy Kuleba, and Denmark’s Foreign Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, during a meeting of the Steering Committee coordinating the project’s implementation.
Kuleba said, “We already have positive experience working with Denmark in Mykolaiv. Today this format is being scaled to the national level. Over the next three years, millions of Ukrainians will see tangible results — from stable water and heating supply to new opportunities for community development.”
About 60% of the budget will be allocated to Mykolaiv and Mykolaiv region. In March 2023, Denmark and Mykolaiv signed a partnership memorandum. Since then, Denmark has helped restore the water supply system, supported energy and heating modernization, and cooperated with local authorities and communities. This work will now continue systematically and on a long-term basis. The remaining 40% will go to other war-affected regions of Ukraine, focusing on hospital and school restoration, modernization of energy and water networks, and support for internally displaced persons. The program also aims to strengthen democratic institutions, ensure transparency and accountability, and encourage active civil society participation.
Deputy Prime Minister Kuleba thanked the Danish government and Foreign Minister Rasmussen for their solidarity and readiness to stand by Ukraine during the country’s most challenging times.
