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Government presents new civil support package for Ukraine

Government Offices of Sweden

Press release from Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Published 29 September 2025

The Government has today presented a new civil support package for Ukraine worth more than SEK 1.1 billion. The new support is directed at Ukraine's most pressing reconstruction and development needs, as well as meeting the most urgent humanitarian needs as winter approaches.

- We must strengthen Ukraine's resilience in every way, especially as Russia escalates the war. Ukraine's ongoing fight for its freedom is key for the security of the whole of Europe. security. At the same time, we must also do all we can to alleviate the suffering of the most vulnerable ahead of the fourth winter since Russia's full-scale invasion. Therefore, today we are presenting a major new civil support package that focuses on the most urgent needs. Sweden stands unwaveringly by Ukraine, says Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa.

- Ukraine is defending not only its own freedom, but the security of all of Europe. It is both right and necessary that Sweden is increasing civil support. With another winter of Russian brutality approaching, we must ensure that people have heat, health care and food. Sweden will stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes, says Joar Forssell, foreign policy spokesperson for the Liberal Party.

- Ukraine is currently our top foreign policy priority. We must continue to support the civilian population and its fight for freedom, which is why we are making this investment, says Gudrun Brunegård, development assistance policy spokesperson for the Christian Democrats.

The latest support package is intended to meet Ukraine's most acute needs in areas such as energy supply, accommodation, health care, mine clearance, refugees and independent media. It also aims to provide basic humanitarian needs such as food, protection, emergency care and warmth. The support package amounts to a total of SEK 1.145 billion in 2025, of which SEK 145 million is going to humanitarian operations.   

The support package comprises the following.

• The Energy Community Ukraine Energy Support Fund is being allocated SEK 450 million to help meet Ukraine's energy needs ahead of and during the winter, including power generation and the repair of critical infrastructure.
• The World Bank's Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Trust Fund (URTF) is being allocated SEK 385 million for the repair of energy and housing infrastructure and support to refugees, and to enhance the country's administrative capacity and ability to provide public services. 
• SEK 100 million is going to mine clearance operations, the removal of war debris and economic recovery in areas affected by mines, of which SEK 50 million is going to the United Nations Development Programme. The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is tasked with allocating the remaining SEK 50 million.
• SEK 30 million is going to supporting independent media in Ukraine, of which
• SEK 15 million is going to the Prague Centre and SEK 15 million to Sida to allocate.  
• SEK 25 million will is going on enhancing Ukraine's judicial sector.  
• SEK 10 million is going on vocational training within Ukraine's logistics and transport sectors to enhance the country's labour market.
• The UN World Food Programme is being allocated SEK 50 million to continue providing supplies of humanitarian food assistance, an activity that reaches around one million people every month and operates mainly in frontline areas.
• The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is being allocated SEK 30 million to help support the 3.6 million internally displaced people around the country. The support includes protection, psychosocial support, legal aid and help towards early recovery. Support is also going to UNHCR efforts to create sustainable solutions for those who choose to remain in their homes.
• UNICEF) is being allocated SEK 25 million to help children and families in front line regions. This will provide cash support to children and their families, school heating and repairs to heating systems and other damaged infrastructure.
• The United Nations Population Fund is being allocated SEK 20 million to improve maternity care and conditions for women's sexual and reproductive health through the organisation's gynaecological clinics, mobile reproductive health units, mobile maternity wards and health care facilities.
• A further SEK 20 million of Swedish support is earmarked for Save the Children, mainly to help Ukrainian children and their families. Initiatives include cash support, blankets and warm clothes, fuel and ovens to heat homes

Civil support to Ukraine in 2025

The latest support package means that civil support to Ukraine in 2025 is estimated to total around SEK 9 billion. The increase is enabled by reallocations within Sweden's development assistance budget. Development assistance to Ukraine is thus approximately 16 per cent of Sweden's 2025 development assistance budget.