Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, who is visiting Berlin this weekend to meet with officials, said his country is prepared to supply Germany with electricity to help Europe’s largest economy reduce reliance on Russian energy imports.
"Currently, Ukraine exports its electricity to Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, and Poland. But we are quite ready to expand our exports to Germany," Shmyhal told the German news agency dpa.
"We have a sufficient amount of electricity in Ukraine thanks to our nuclear power plants," Shmyhal said.
Shmyhal was scheduled to arrive in Berlin on September 3 and is slated to meet Chancellor Olaf Scholz on September 4.
Ukraine is experiencing a larger-than-normal surplus in capacity for electricity exports as domestic consumption has fallen significantly since Russia’s invasion began as many people have fled the country and as the economy slows.