Dnipropetrovsk Investment Agency keeps introducing about the level of Ukraine and Dnipropetrovsk region cooperation with other countries amid the unprovoked military aggression by the russian federation. For now, we propose an overview of the assistance provided by The Kingdom of the Sweden and the foreign trade volume figures, which is derived from DIABASE data.

Switzerland provides multidimensional support to Ukraine, combining humanitarian aid, economic support, promotion of institutional reforms, demining, and diplomatic influence in the international arena. The Swiss Confederation plays an important humanitarian and diplomatic role — it organizes peace summits, takes in the wounded, and supports demining and reconstruction projects.

Even though Switzerland is neutral, it sticks to the idea of international responsibility. It doesn’t send weapons to Ukraine directly, but starting in 2024, it won’t block Swiss weapons from being re-exported through other countries — which is a big change in the country’s foreign policy.

Sanctions against russia

Although Switzerland is not a member of the EU, since 2022 it has joined most of the European Union’s sanctions packages against russia. In particular:

• financial sanctions (asset freezes, transaction restrictions);
• ban on the export of high-tech products (electronics, aviation components);
• ban on imports of russian gold, coal, and oil;
• restrictions on the provision of professional services (consulting, law, architecture, etc.).

As of 2025, Switzerland supports sanctions against hundreds of individuals and dozens of companies from russia and Belarus.

The country has also frozen approximately €8.13 billion (CHF 7.6 billion) in assets, including state reserves of the Central Bank of the russian federation.

Financial and humanitarian assistance

Since the start of the full-scale war until December 31, 2024, Switzerland has provided approximately €4.68 billion (CHF 4.37 billion) in support to Ukrainians, both in Ukraine and within Swiss communities, namely:

• €674 million (CHF 630 million) through government international cooperation programs (SDC, SECO, FDFA), including medical equipment, support for the agricultural sector, digitization, IT education, and assistance to SMEs.
• €46 million (CHF 43 million) — material assistance (fire engines, winter clothing, medical equipment).
• €3.95 billion (CHF 3.7 billion) — for social support for refugees in Switzerland: payments, administration, integration programs.

In addition, Switzerland has provided nearly €48 million (CHF 45 million) for the restoration of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the winter of 2024–2025.

Ukraine Recovery Program (2025–2028)

On February 12, 2025, the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation approved the first phase of a large-scale framework program for the reconstruction and support of Ukraine for 2025–2028, which provides for the allocation of €1.6 billion (CHF 1.5 billion) for economic recovery, institutional modernization, and the protection of the civilian population. The second phase of the program for 2029–2036 provides for €3.75 billion (CHF 3.5 billion).

Assistance in 2025–2028 will be directed toward:

• infrastructure reconstruction, support for SMEs and the agricultural sector;
• modernising health, education, transport and energy systems;
• humanitarian demining, supporting human rights and searching for missing persons.

This is the first time that Switzerland has made a long-term commitment to support another country on such a scale.

Demining and security assistance

In October 2024, Switzerland announced the transfer of three remote demining devices at a conference in Lausanne.

Through the Swiss Demining Foundation (Fondation Suisse de Déminage), large-scale operations were carried out in the Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions in 2022–2024, including the clearance of agricultural land and urban infrastructure and the training of local specialists. More than €123 million (CHF 115.2 million) was allocated for this purpose.

Foreign trade

The development of mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation also remains an important priority for both countries. An analysis of Dnipropetrovsk region’s export and import operations with the Swiss Confederation demonstrates a high level of partnership, as Switzerland is an important trading partner for the region.

According to the results of 2024, the volume of exports of goods from Dnipropetrovsk region amounted to $5.3 million and decreased by 50% compared to the previous year. Among the goods in demand among Swiss consumers are ferrous metal products, furniture, grain crops, fats and vegetable oils, seeds and fruits of oil crops, etc.

Export operations were carried out by 24 enterprises from Dnipropetrovsk region. The main exporting companies are metallurgical, food, agricultural, and processing enterprises.

TOP 5 export companies (ranked by export volume):

Imports of goods from Switzerland to Dnipropetrovsk region amounted to $25.1 million and increased by 31.8% compared to 2023. Dnipropetrovsk region traditionally purchased: machinery and equipment, pharmaceutical products, watches, essential oils, optical, photographic, and other instruments and apparatus.

Import operations were carried out by more than 140 import companies.

TOP 5 import companies (ranked by volume of imported products):

Import operations were mainly carried out by pharmaceutical, trading, machine-building, and processing enterprises.

Source: information for the preparation of the article was taken from open online sources.