Lithuania will allocate an additional EUR 4 million to install solar power plants and storage at Ukrainian kindergartens, hospitals, schools and other public institutions, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas announced at the second joint meeting of the Lithuanian and Ukrainian governments. The funding is the second stage of a project that, with a EUR 5 million tranche last year, has already delivered 20 installations; around 80 projects are expected across both stages, with a further EUR 3 million secured from the EU.
Vaičiūnas said Lithuania stepped up support during the difficult 2025/2026 winter, providing more than EUR 6.3 million in transformers, generators, glass insulators and other critical equipment in the first months of this year alone, against more than EUR 10 million over the course of 2025. Despite unprecedented attacks on its electricity and gas infrastructure, he said, Ukraine’s energy system and its people have shown exceptional resilience, and the expertise gained under wartime conditions matters for Europe as a whole.
The two governments’ declaration, signed by both prime ministers, provides for further cooperation drawing on Ukraine’s experience in protecting and strengthening energy infrastructure. Lithuania says it will continue urgent assistance, infrastructure restoration, renewable development and support for integrating Ukraine’s electricity market into the EU internal market.
On the gas side, Vaičiūnas met Naftogaz chief executive Sergii Koretskyi, with both sides emphasising the partnership between Naftogaz and Lithuania’s terminal operator KN Energies. The companies will enter a new stage of cooperation to ensure long-term gas supply to Ukraine via the Klaipėda LNG terminal, a partnership the minister framed as contributing to energy security and supply diversification across the wider region. Ukraine’s gas storage facilities were also highlighted as strategically important for the region and the EU.
