Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the United States will provide $53 million to help Ukraine acquire equipment to repair and upgrade its energy grid from the sidelines of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday.
"In the midst of Russia's continued brutal attacks against Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Secretary of State Blinken announced today during a meeting of the G7+ on the margins of the NATO Ministerial in Bucharest that the United States government is providing over $53 million to support acquisition of critical electricity grid equipment," read a press release from the State Department on Tuesday.