European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Friday her arrival in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, to engage in discussions regarding Europe’s support, winter readiness, defense strategies, and advancements related to G7 loans. “This marks my eighth visit to Kyiv as the heating season approaches and Russia continues to target energy infrastructure,” von der Leyen stated on the X social media platform.

On Thursday, she revealed that 160 million euros from frozen Russian assets would be directed towards addressing Ukraine’s pressing humanitarian needs this winter.

Russia has incapacitated approximately 9 gigawatts (GW) of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which von der Leyen noted is equivalent to the total power capacity of the three Baltic states.

Additionally, she mentioned that the EU aims to restore 2.5 GW of power generation capacity and plans to increase electricity exports to provide 2 GW to Ukraine. Von der Leyen is scheduled to meet with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other officials.