Overview
- Schneider arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday with about a dozen German green‑tech entrepreneurs and officials to press for climate‑friendly, resilient reconstruction projects in Ukraine.
- He plans to inspect the steel shelter over Chernobyl’s destroyed reactor that was damaged by a drone strike in early 2025 and which experts say needs major repairs to keep radioactive material contained.
- The Bundesumweltministerium has reportedly asked for up to €50 million in targeted support to help start repairs, with payment planned for 2027 and subject to Bundestag budget approval.
- Ukrainian and German ministers will hold an investor meeting to explore contracts for green infrastructure that could give Ukraine modern systems and open markets for German firms.
- German officials say the full repair is highly complex, likely to cost roughly €500 million, and will require wider international co‑financing with G7 partners already beginning coordination.