Germany is to provide an additional €1 million ($1.2 million) to help improve safety at Ukraine's nuclear power plants, the Environment Ministry in Berlin has said.

Parliamentary State Secretary Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter is expected to announce the funding at a conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna on Tuesday, the ministry told dpa.

Germany has so far provided €7.3 million to support the IAEA's presence in Ukraine.

The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, has been at the centre of nuclear safety concerns since the start of the war.

The facility has repeatedly been hit by drone attacks or lost its external power supply, forcing emergency generators to take over.

Schwarzelühr-Sutter is also expected to call for greater international support for efforts to repair the protective structure at the Chernobyl nuclear site, which was damaged in early 2025.

Germany plans to provide €50 million for the work, Environment Minister Carsten Schneider announced last month.