The donation follows direct requests from President Zelenskyy in recent discussions with the UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.
The UK government has created a dedicated taskforce, including distribution network operators and the Energy Networks Association, to source and send the generators to Ukraine, which could provide enough to power around 20,000 homes or equivalent buildings.
Some of Ukraine’s key facilities including hospitals, shelters and water treatment plants have lost power during the ongoing Russian invasion. Russian forces have attacked some key infrastructure during the invasion, including a high-voltage power line that links to the Chernobyl nuclear plant.
Ukraine recently told the UN nuclear watchdog that staff operating radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl have stopped carrying out safety-related repairs as they are exhausted, having not been relieved since Russia first seized the site...