energy infrastructure

DTEK Energo invests $96 million in repairs of power plants

DTEK Energo company has invested roughly 4.2 billion hryvnias ($96 million) in January–March 2026 on repairs, restoration work after enemy strikes, and support for thermal power plants and mines to prepare for summer peaks and the upcoming heating season, DTEK Energo CEO Oleksandr Fomenko told NV Business on April 2.

2 April, 01:30 PM

Blocked EU loan imperils winter preparations, Zelenskyy says

EU’s EUR90 billion ($104 billion) loan, currently blocked by Hungary, is essential for hardening Ukrainian infrastructure ahead of Russia’s winter bombing campaign, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on March 30.

31 March, 12:14 AM

Russian drone strike hits plant in Poltava Oblast, over 5,000 homes lose gas supply

Russian forces struck an industrial facility in Ukraine’s Poltava Oblast with drones overnight, leaving 5,040 households without gas supply, regional governor Vitalii Diakivnych said on March 27.

27 March, 11:46 AM

Belgorod faces severe power and water outages after missile attack

An overnight missile attack on Russia's Belgorod Oblast caused electricity, water, and heating outages in Belgorod and the surrounding district, governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on March 25.

25 March, 07:53 AM

Ukraine needs $6.3 billion to harden 3,000 critical infrastructure sites

Over the four years of full-scale war with Russia, Ukraine has moved from ad hoc responses to a systemic resilience model for critical infrastructure, Development Minister Oleksii Kuleba said at the European Preparedness Conference on March 23.

24 March, 09:11 PM

Russia attacks town near Polish border

Russia’s Iranian-designed Shahed drones targeted an energy infrastructure facility in Novovolynsk, just 15 kilometers from the Polish border, local authorities said on March 18.

18 March, 10:28 PM

Kyiv council to review energy resilience plan next week, Klitschko says

The Kyiv City Council will hold hearings on March 9 to consider the capital’s energy resilience plan for next winter, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on March 5.

6 March, 01:20 AM

U.S. votes against IAEA resolution condemning Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy system

The United States has voted against an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution that condemned attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as a threat to nuclear safety, Reuters reported on March 5.

5 March, 11:12 PM

Kyiv’s heating cannot be fully decentralized, mayor says

Kyiv’s central heating system, the largest in Europe and designed to rely on huge CHP (combined heat-and-power) plants, cannot be completely replaced by numerous small boiler facilities, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Feb. 27.

27 February, 11:52 PM

Sweden flags possible threat to Nordic energy systems

Swedish authorities may have received a threat of an attack on the energy infrastructure of all Nordic countries, broadcaster TV4 reported on Feb. 26, citing its own sources.

26 February, 08:11 PM

Analysts map Russia’s systematic push for Ukrainian blackouts

Russia has conducted at least 64 massive attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since February 2022, using about 12,700 strike drones and 2,900 missiles, Ukraine's analytical center DiXi Group reported on Feb. 24, having analyzed data on attacks on critical infrastructure.

25 February, 01:55 PM

Ukraine to receive full thermal power plant from Latvia to restore energy system

Ukraine will receive a fully operational thermal power plant from Latvia as part of efforts to restore energy infrastructure damaged by Russian attacks, the state news agency Ukrinform reported on Feb. 23.

23 February, 02:55 PM

DTEK names timeline and funding needed to rebuild destroyed substations

DTEK estimates it will cost about 300 million euros to restore its power generation damaged by Russian attacks and says it needs an additional 150 million euros in external financing to prepare for next winter, CEO Maksym Timchenko said, according to Interfax-Ukraine on Feb. 17.

17 February, 11:16 AM

Russian energy strikes may force 325,000 Ukrainians to leave again

About 325,000 Ukrainians who have returned from displacement could be forced to leave again in the coming months due to Russian attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure, according to data from the International Organization for Migration on Feb. 16.

16 February, 05:21 PM

Russian drones knock out power in Mykolaiv Oblast

Parts of the Bashtanskyi district were left without electricity after an overnight Russian drone attack on energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv Oblast, regional Governor Vitaliy Kim reported on Telegram early on Feb. 13.

13 February, 09:11 AM

Zelenskyy: Russia clearly not ready for ‘energy truce’

The Kremlin is evidently not prepared to accept a mutual halt on energy infrastructure attacks proposed by the United States at recent trilateral talks in the UAE, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Feb. 11.

11 February, 11:40 PM

Russia’s oil losses from Ukrainian drone strikess exceed $12.9 billion

Russian oil companies have suffered more than 1 trillion rubles ($12.9 billion) in direct and indirect losses from Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, The Moscow Times reported on Feb. 9, citing estimates from insurance broker Mains.

10 February, 12:40 AM

Zelenskyy declares Russian energy facilities legitimate military targets

Energy facilities in Russia are legitimate military targets for Ukraine, as are military sites, because they finance Moscow’s war effort, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told students and faculty at the Kyiv Aviation Institute during an event marking the 120th anniversary of aircraft designer Oleh Antonov’s birth on Feb. 8.

8 February, 10:01 PM

Power engineers stabilize situation in Kyiv Oblast

Power engineers in Ukraine’s Kyiv Oblast have stabilized the electricity situation, allowing the DTEK energy company to publish hourly outage schedules for Feb. 8, the company said.

8 February, 08:12 PM

Bad weather prevented use of F-16s and Mirages during Feb. 7 attack

Ukraine’s Defense Forces could not rely on manned aircraft during Russia’s large-scale overnight attack because of severe weather conditions and instead depended on other air defense means, Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said on the Kyiv24 television channel on Feb. 8.

8 February, 07:25 PM

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