Finland in Ukraine
Finland strongly condemns Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine. Finland supports Ukraine politically and by providing defence materiel and other material support. Finland also supports Ukraine extensively through development cooperation, humanitarian mine action, humanitarian assistance, civilian crisis management and through the Council of Europe, CSOs and NATO funds. Ukraine is Finland’s biggest single partner in development cooperation and target country for humanitarian assistance.
Ukraine is committed to extensive reform programmes that are necessary for its convergence with the European Union. Ukraine was granted EU candidate country status in June 2022, and the accession negotiations began in December 2023. Ukraine has already implemented reforms that have brought concrete benefits to citizens and improved the country’s capacity to respond to various internal and external threats. Despite Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the Ukrainian government and authorities have been able to continue their work.
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Finland’s goals in Ukraine
Finland’s goals are defined in line with the Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government in Finland’s national plan for the reconstruction of Ukraine and in the bilateral security cooperation agreement signed in Kyiv in April 2024. The first part of the plan was published in December 2023 and the second part in December 2024. The guidelines for development cooperation with Ukraine are outlined in Finland’s Country Programme for Development Cooperation in Ukraine (2025–2028), which was published in July 2025.
Finland provides comprehensive support for Ukraine. Finland’s goal is to support Ukraine in achieving a just and lasting peace. Other goals are to strengthen bilateral relations and expand cooperation, to improve the resilience of Ukrainian society and the living conditions of its citizens, and to strengthen relations between the European Union and Ukraine.
- Country Programme for Development Cooperation: Ukraine 2025–2028
- Reconstruction of Ukraine : Finland’s national plan, part one
- Reconstruction of Ukraine: Finland's national plan, part two
- Відновлення та відбудова України : Національний план Фінляндії, другий етап
Finland’s partners in Ukraine
Finland’s partners in Ukraine are the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe, international development finance institutions and UN organisations. Finland acts as part of the European Union and promotes the implementation of the EU–Ukraine agreements and related cooperation, including accession negotiations with Ukraine and the implementation of the Ukraine Facility.
Finland funds humanitarian mine action and provides needs-based humanitarian assistance. Civilian material assistance has been delivered to Ukraine through the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism. The EU Advisory Mission (EUAM) supports Ukraine in reforming its civil security system. Finland also supports the EU Military Assistance Mission (EUMAM), which provides training to the Ukrainian armed forces.
Finland supports the Council of Europe Action Plan, which encourages Ukraine to increase the independence of the judiciary, to promote the implementation of European human rights standards, to pursue good governance and to protect the rights of minorities and internally displaced persons.
Finland supports the resilience and continued functioning of Ukraine’s public sector through the World Bank’s multi-donor trust funds. These funds help the Ukrainian Government pay wages, pensions and social benefits.
Finnish civil society organisations support the development of Ukraine’s society in collaboration with the country’s civil society actors. Support has been allocated to mediation efforts and to improving the position of persons with disabilities, among other targets.
Commercial cooperation
The reconstruction of Ukraine will take several years and is estimated to cost hundreds of billions of euros. Reconstruction will require a great deal of international support. Finland and Finnish companies have plenty of expertise that will be useful in rebuilding Ukraine, for example in the fields of green transition, digital transformation, telecommunications, energy, ecologically sustainable construction, teaching, water and waste management, planning, agriculture and healthcare. The Team Finland network helps Finnish companies in preparing for and participating in Ukraine’s reconstruction.
Finland’s national reconstruction plan puts forth measures to improve the ability of Finnish companies to participate in the reconstruction work. The plan describes the needs and international organisation of reconstruction in Ukraine and proposes financing solutions for Finnish companies’ market surveys, search for partners, export financing as well as investments. The first part of the reconstruction plan was published in December 2023 and the second part in December 2024.
Finland’s Country Programme for Development Cooperation in Ukraine published in summer 2025 presents opportunities to deepen commercial cooperation and support Ukraine’s economic development. The Finnpartnership programme, for example, has been granted an additional EUR 8 million to support projects in Ukraine that involve Finnish businesses. Finnfund, Finland’s development finance institution, is also investing in projects in Ukraine in which Finnish companies are involved and has received a EUR 25 million capital increase to support investments in Ukraine,
The free trade agreement between the European Union and Ukraine has increased trade between the EU and Ukraine. Since Russia started its invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has also supported Ukraine through unilateral trade preferences. In February 2024, the EU agreed on the EUR 50 billion Ukraine Facility for 2024–2027 to support Ukraine’s short-term financing needs, medium-term reconstruction and the reforms necessary for its convergence with the EU.