KYIV, Dec 14 – The French government will provide EUR 99.4 million guarantees on loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to JSC Ukrzaliznytsia in the amount of EUR 150 million and to NJSC Naftogaz in the amount of EUR 300 million.

"France is providing a guarantee worth EUR 49.4 million to support an EBRD loan of EUR 150 million to Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine's railway company... In parallel, France is providing a EUR 50 million guarantee to facilitate an EBRD loan of EUR 300 million to Ukrainian state-owned gas company Naftogaz," the bank said in a press release on Wednesday.