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US makes major wartime bet on Ukraine’s largest private energy company with 85 million euro investment
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US makes major wartime bet on Ukraine’s largest private energy company with 85 million euro investment

by Dominic Culverwell

Ukraine’s biggest private energy firm, DTEK, has secured an 85 million euro ($97 million) loan from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation for a critical battery storage project, marking the DFC’s largest wartime transaction, DTEK announced on Sept. 16. With Russia continuing to target Ukraine’s energy facilities, particularly power plants, ensuring a reliable energy supply has become a major concern in Ukraine. During the war, Ukraine has increasingly searched for investors to

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