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Ukraine to receive €375 million for energy recovery

Ukraine will receive at least 375 million euros for the restoration of its energy system following the latest Energy Ramstein meeting, according to a statement published by the Energy Ministry on June 25.

25 June, 12:12 PM

Ukraine seeks €5.4 billion to fortify power grid ahead of next heating season

Ukraine requires at least €5.4 billion ($6.3 billion) to prepare its energy system for the upcoming heating season, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said during a meeting of the Ukraine Energy Coordinating Group on April 26.

26 April, 09:20 PM

Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy system 5,796 times in four years

Russia has launched 5,796 attacks on Ukraine’s energy system over four years of full-scale war, Ukraine’s Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said, marking the anniversary of Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24.

24 February, 12:20 PM

Russian drones launch mass overnight attack on Odesa Oblast, homes and energy sites damaged

Russian invaders launched a large-scale drone attack on Odesa Oblast, damaging civilian and energy infrastructure, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Feb. 21.

21 February, 03:52 PM

Volodymyr Zelenskyy vows community overhaul as Kyiv energy situation is catastrophic

Ukraine is working on decisions to overhaul and modernize energy supplies for communities and will set up a coordination center to systematize regions’ real-world experience, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Feb. 19.

19 February, 02:50 PM

Expert explains energy system incident and what Ukrainians should expect next

Victoria Voytsitska, a member of the supervisory board of the analytical center We Build Ukraine, said on Radio NV that an emergency incident in Ukraine’s energy system did not amount to a nationwide blackout and assessed whether similar outages could occur again on Jan. 31.

31 January, 09:06 PM

Shmyhal explains cause of emergency power outages in Ukraine

A technical failure on cross-border and domestic power transmission lines triggered cascading outages across Ukraine’s energy system, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Telegram on Jan. 31.

31 January, 12:46 PM

Russian night attacks cause power cuts in five Ukrainian oblasts

Russian invaders attacked energy infrastructure in several oblasts of Ukraine, leaving power outages reported by morning in Sumy, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Chernihiv oblasts, Ukraine’s first deputy energy minister, Artem Nekrasov, said at a briefing on Jan. 19.

19 January, 01:25 PM

Kyiv authorities comment on heating problems

More than 4,500 backup power units, including generators, inverters and batteries, have been purchased in Kyiv under various co-financing programs, a senior city official said, according to the city administration on Jan. 14.

14 January, 10:16 AM

Hundreds of thousands without power in Kyiv Oblast – Zelenskyy

Russian attack caused serious power outages in Kyiv Oblast, leaving several hundred thousand households without electricity, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Jan. 13.

13 January, 12:36 PM

Russia preparing for new massive attack on Ukraine's energy sites — Ukrenergo

Russian forces are preparing for a new attack on Ukraine's energy system, making it difficult to forecast the electricity situation ahead, Ukrenergo board chairman Vitalii Zaichenko said during the United News telethon program on Dec. 27.

26 December 2025, 03:34 PM

Attack hits substation supplying central Russia’s industrial belt

Drones attacked the 500-kV Veshkayma substation in Russia’s Ulyanovsk Oblast — a key link in the Volga power ring that connects the energy systems of Ulyanovsk, Mordovia, Chuvashia, and Samara, Astra Telegram channel reported on Nov. 17.

17 November 2025, 11:16 AM

EBRD to provide Ukrenergo with a €90M loan to help rebuild power substations damaged by the war

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to provide Ukraine’s state-owned grid operator Ukrenergo with a loan of up to 90 million euros (about $97 million) under a state guarantee, the EBRD said on Nov. 13.

13 November 2025, 03:05 PM

Massive Russian strikes shut down Zmiiv and Trypilska power plants

Russia struck two thermal power plants operated by the state company Centrenergo — the Zmiiv thermal power plant in Kharkiv Oblast and the Trypilska TPP in Kyiv Oblast — forcing both to halt operations, the company reported on Facebook on Nov. 8.

8 November 2025, 07:02 PM

Russia targets Ukraine’s power infrastructure in overnight barrage

Russian forces carried out a massive strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight and in the morning on Oct. 22, Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk wrote on Oct. 22.

22 October 2025, 08:40 AM

Russia changes its missile strike strategy, focusing on regional power facilities – Ukrenergo

In recent weeks, Russia has shifted its attack tactics, focusing not on Ukraine’s entire power system but on specific regional elements, Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergo said, citing its CEO Vitalii Zaichenko on Oct. 8.

8 October 2025, 01:46 PM

How Ukraine’s energy system survived its toughest winter — opinion

The DiXi Group Analytical Center has released an assessment of the autumn-winter period 2024−2025 — you can read it via the link. In the report, we thoroughly analyze the challenges faced by the energy system and the factors that helped it endure.

28 April 2025, 11:29 PM

Russia considers abandoning deals to halt energy strikes

Russia has threatened to withdraw from agreements restricting strikes on energy facilities, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on March 28.

28 March 2025, 05:43 PM

Russian drone strike damages power lines in Poltava Oblast

Russia launched a drone attack on Poltava Oblast, causing damage to infrastructure and residential areas, Regional Military Administration reported on March 10.

10 March 2025, 09:50 AM

Ukraine ready for peace, but Russia must be forced to stop - Zelenskyy

The first steps toward peace must involve forcing the war’s source — Russia — to stop its strikes against civilian life, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram, commenting the mass Russian attack on March 7.

7 March 2025, 02:41 PM

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