Sweden supports Ukraine through the IAEA
Government Offices of Sweden
Press release from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Published 07 July 2025
The Government has decided to provide SEK 20 million to the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear safety and security missions in Ukraine in 2025. Support to the IAEA's work aligns with the Government's overarching goal of supporting Ukraine in light of Russia's full-scale invasion.
"The IAEA's work is crucial for the safety of Ukraine's nuclear power plants. This is why the Government has decided to provide additional support so that the IAEA can maintain its presence in Ukraine," says Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard.
"Through the Government's support to the IAEA, we are contributing to Ukraine's work on nuclear safety, nuclear protective security and independent reporting. This also enables experts to be on the ground at Ukrainian nuclear power plants and improve their protection. Safety at Ukrainian nuclear power plants is vital to maintaining Ukraine's resilience," says Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa.
In 2022, the IAEA initiated the Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ISAMZ). Its presence at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant helps reduce the risk of armed attacks on and threats to nuclear safety and personnel at the nuclear plant, which, in violation of international law, is controlled by Russia. Since the first half of 2023, at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the IAEA has initiated similar missions at Ukraine's other nuclear power plants: Rivne, Khmelnitsky, South Ukraine as well as Chernobyl.
Sweden's contribution primarily goes towards financing the presence of IAEA experts at Ukraine's nuclear power plants and Chernobyl. The support helps reduce the risk of armed attacks, provide professional advice on nuclear safety and nuclear protective security and ensure impartial and independent international reporting.
The IAEA's technical support to Ukraine on nuclear safety and nuclear protective security totals approximately EUR 75 million a year.
Sweden's work on nuclear safety and nuclear protective security
In addition to the support channelled via the IAEA, Sweden has established bilateral cooperation between the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and Ukrainian counterparts in coordination with other donor states and the IAEA. Together with France, Czechia and Japan, Sweden chairs the working group under Mr Zelenskyy's peace plan that addresses issues of nuclear safety and nuclear protective security.
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