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The European Commission is coordinating with Kyiv on Ukraine's most urgent aid needs, including power, hospitals and essential services this winter, under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Ukrainska Pravda, citing European Pravda, reported that Commission spokesperson Eva Hrncirova said at a Brussels briefing that the aid would keep the lights on, hospitals running and essential services working. Hrncirova described the effort as "a work in progress". Commissioner Hadja Lahbib spoke with Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi on 9 November about Ukraine's specific needs after Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, and a second call was scheduled for 10 November to produce a detailed assessment of what is needed and where. After that, the EU would prepare the technicalities and deliver the aid Ukraine requests. Hrncirova said the EU had dismantled an entire power plant to transport to Ukraine for assembling energy infrastructure. She added that nearly €1.5 billion in humanitarian aid had been allocated since the war began, and that an extra €52 million announced in September brought this year's total to more than €200 million. The sources give no amounts or delivery timelines for the new emergency aid. Separately, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed by phone on 9 November to activate the special EU mechanism, and Slovakia plans €1 million for generators, shelters and medical equipment.