The Dnipropetrovsk Investment Agency DIA presents an overview of the level of cooperation between Ukraine and Dnipropetrovsk region and other countries amid russia’s unprovoked military aggression against our state. This publication provides information on the support provided by Hungary and on the level of foreign trade, prepared on the basis of DIABASE data.
In 2025–2026, Hungary’s support for Ukraine focused primarily on humanitarian programmes, the supply of medical products and energy equipment, and on maintaining key energy and transport links between Ukraine and the European Union. At the same time, Ukrainian-Hungarian relations remained complicated for a long period due to disagreements over military assistance, sanctions against russia, and certain EU decisions in support of Ukraine. The situation began to change following the parliamentary elections of 12 April 2026, won by the Tisza Party led by Péter Magyar. The new government has demonstrated a more balanced position towards Ukraine.
One of the areas of support remains the supply of medicines and medical materials to Ukrainian healthcare facilities. In particular, in June 2026 Ukraine received a consignment of the antiseptic product Betadine from the Hungarian pharmaceutical company Egis. The transfer was carried out through the Ukrainian-Estonian enterprise Optima-Pharm with the assistance of the Embassy of Ukraine in Hungary. According to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the total value of medical humanitarian aid received in June 2026 from partners in Norway, Germany, Poland, France, Finland, Hungary and the United States exceeded UAH 34.2 million (approximately USD 0.76 million). This amount covers all donors, not only Hungary.
Energy remains one of the key areas of Ukrainian-Hungarian cooperation. Hungary is the largest supplier of commercial electricity imports to Ukraine, which has become particularly important following the intensification of russian attacks on Ukrainian power plants and power grids. According to ExPro estimates, in the first half of 2026 Ukraine imported approximately 4.3 million MWh of electricity, which exceeds the total for the whole of 2025 (3.3 million MWh). In certain months, Hungary’s share accounted for 42% to 49% of import volumes. These supplies helped offset the deficit in the power system, sustain the operation of enterprises and critical infrastructure facilities, and meet the needs of the population.
In addition, according to the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, Hungary is among the 38 states that have provided Ukraine with humanitarian aid in the form of energy equipment since the start of the full-scale invasion. In particular, on 12 February 2026, Hungarian Catholic Caritas handed over to the Ukrainian organisation Caritas-Spes 32 generators and HUF 10 million (approximately USD 31.3 thousand) in financial support for the population affected by power outages caused by russian attacks.
Hungarian charitable and religious organisations play an important role in humanitarian support. In particular, Hungarian Interchurch Aid implements emergency and long-term assistance programmes in 22 regions of Ukraine and has offices in Kyiv, Lviv, Berehove and Dnipro. The organisation assists internally displaced persons, provides cash assistance to affected families, meets the basic needs of the population, helps prepare for winter, and supports communities near the combat zone.
Hungary remains an important trading partner of the Dnipropetrovsk Region. A bilateral analysis of foreign economic activity demonstrates a high level of partnership.
Hungarian enterprises are most interested in ores, ferrous metals and articles thereof, agro-industrial products, etc. In the first nine months of 2025, exports of goods from the Dnipropetrovsk Region amounted to USD 31.6 million, an increase of 44.4% compared to the corresponding period of 2024.
More than 100 enterprises of Dnipropetrovsk Region exported their products to the Hungarian market, including mining and metallurgical, machine-building, processing and agricultural companies.
Imports of goods from Hungary to the Dnipropetrovsk Region increased by 12% compared to the corresponding period of 2024 and amounted to USD 50.2 million.
A total of 120 importing enterprises of the region purchased pharmaceutical products, plastics and polymer materials, tobacco, machinery and equipment, etc. Import operations were carried out mainly by food and processing industry enterprises, as well as trading and pharmaceutical companies.
Source: information for this article was obtained from open online sources.
