NORWAY COMMITS ANOTHER $53 MILLION TO KEEP UKRAINE FUNCTIONING
Norway will provide Ukraine with 500 million kroner—approximately $53 million—through the World Bank to support essential public services at the beginning of 2027.
The funding will help Ukraine continue paying civilian-sector salaries, pensions and social assistance. It will support teachers, medical workers, emergency personnel, vulnerable families and the elderly while Russia’s war places extraordinary pressure on the national budget.
“Ukraine’s resilience also depends on keeping everyday life going, even as the war continues,” Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said. “Norway is helping to ensure that children can go to school, hospitals can treat patients and pensioners can receive their pensions.”
The money will be distributed through a World Bank trust fund that reimburses verified government spending. Expenditures are reviewed before payment and remain subject to external oversight.
This kind of assistance does not appear on the battlefield, but it helps make Ukrainian resistance possible. When international partners support schools, hospitals, pensions and emergency services, Ukraine can direct more of its own limited resources toward national defence.
The new contribution is part of Norway’s much larger commitment to Ukraine. Oslo allocated 85 billion kroner in 2026 through the Nansen Support Programme, including 70 billion for military assistance and 15 billion for civilian and humanitarian support.
Across Europe, countries continue helping Ukraine see this fight through—not only by providing weapons, but by helping preserve the state and society Russia is trying to destroy.
A country cannot defend itself through ammunition alone. Its hospitals must remain open, its teachers must continue working, its pensioners must receive support and its public institutions must continue serving the population.
Norway understands that Ukrainian resilience begins on the battlefield—but it must be sustained throughout every part of civilian life.