SOCAR sends 20 tons of fuel to war-torn Ukraine

The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) has sent 20 tons of fuel to Ukraine as humanitarian aid in line with the order of President Ilham Aliyev of the Republic of Azerbaijan and in view of the request of Ukraine, SOCAR's Public Relations and Communications Service told Azertag.

Azerbaijan sent another batch of humanitarian aid to Ukraine on June 9.

The humanitarian aid consists of water pipes, water pumps, life jackets, and other supplies to help the region affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) Dam.

Since the war in Ukraine unfolded in February 2022, the Azerbaijani government has provided around $20 million in humanitarian aid to the war-torn country.

In January 2023, Azerbaijan sent 50 power generators worth $450,000 to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian representative office of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR Energy Ukraine) provides emergency medical aid and fire engines with free fuel as humanitarian aid.

A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed on June 6, flooding villages, endangering crops, and threatening drinking water supplies as both sides in the war scrambled to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction.

Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station, which sits on the Dnieper River in an area Moscow has controlled for more than a year. Russian officials blamed Ukrainian bombardment in the contested area, where the river separates the two sides.