Ukraine energy infrastructure

Russian drones and missiles batter energy grid across nine Ukrainian oblasts

Russian drones and missiles battered Ukraine’s energy grid across nine oblasts overnight on November 3, causing widespread damage in 14 regions, Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi reported.

3 November, 01:41 PM

Russia strikes DTEK energy facility in Odesa Oblast, causing major damage

Russian forces attacked an energy facility owned by DTEK in southern Odesa Oblast on Nov. 3, causing significant destruction, according to the energy company’s press service.

3 November, 10:55 AM

SBU nabs suspected Russian agent accused of placing GPS trackers on fuel trucks

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a suspected Russian agent in Odesa who allegedly placed GPS “beacons” on fuel trucks in order to identify the coordinates of Ukrainian oil depots for future drone and missile strikes, the SBU press service reported on Oct. 26.

26 October, 06:03 PM

Winter deadlines loom as Kyiv races to finish building backup boiler plants

Kyiv plans to bring more than 1.5 gigawatts of additional thermal generation capacity online by installing new backup boiler plants, Ukraine’s Minister for Restoration, Infrastructure, and Transport Mykola Kalashnyk announced October 25.

26 October, 09:35 AM

Russia launches mass attack on Ukraine's energy grid, causing emergency blackouts

Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure across six regions in Ukraine on October 23, leaving large swaths of the country without electricity, the Ukrainian Energy Ministry announced.

23 October, 11:23 AM

Emergency blackouts implemented in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district after Russian strike

Emergency blackouts were implemented in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district on October 21, following an overnight Russian attack on the capital, Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK reported.

21 October, 10:06 AM

Lviv energy grid targeted in overnight Russian drone strikes

Russian drones targeted critical energy infrastructure in Lviv Oblast twice overnight on October 19, Regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyi reported.

20 October, 08:42 AM

Ukraine should accept energy truce only in exchange for halt to strikes on its power grid – Kudrytskyi

Ukraine should keep striking Russian oil refineries and consider expanding attacks to ports used to export sanctioned energy resources in order to secure reciprocal concessions on protecting energy infrastructure, former Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said on Radio NV on Oct. 16.

16 October, 06:15 PM

Ukraine ready to stop strikes on Russian refineries if Russia halts attacks on its energy infrastructure – Zelenskyy

Ukraine is ready to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries, but only on the condition that Russia stops attacking Ukrainian energy facilities, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X on Oct. 11.

11 October, 03:05 PM

DTEK, Dragon Capital launch investment hub aimed at raising $100 billion for Ukraine’s energy sector

DTEK energy company and Dragon Capital investment firm have created an investment hub to help attract funding for Ukraine’s energy sector, where reconstruction and new capacity may require more than $100 billion, DTEK reported on Telegram on Oct. 2.

2 October, 05:34 PM

Ukraine meets winter better prepared than last year — PM

Ukraine enters the upcoming winter better prepared than last year despite Russia stockpiling missiles and jet drones, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said on Sept. 27.

28 September, 07:57 AM

Kyiv Oblast gas stations to get Defense Forces system for faster drone response

Gas stations in Kyiv Oblast will gain access to a specialized digital airspace awareness system used by Ukraine’s Defense Forces. Kyiv Oblast Governor Tymur Tkachenko announced the move on Sept. 15.

15 September, 05:54 PM

Russia has damaged 16 Kyiv gas stations in 2026; city sees no fuel shortage

Since the start of 2026, Russian attacks have damaged 16 gas stations in Kyiv, but city authorities do not expect a fuel shortage, acting head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Andrii Tkachov said on Sept. 15.

15 September, 05:04 PM

Russia escalates gas station attacks in Ukraine, damaging or destroying 200

Russia began deliberately targeting Ukrainian gas stations in October 2025, and by July 2026 it was damaging about 20 a week, an NV infographic shows.

5 August, 11:31 AM

Ukraine races to build decentralized energy grid to withstand Russia’s winter attacks

Ukraine is restoring parts of its destroyed energy system while building a new one — more resilient, decentralized and cleaner — around an “energy cells” model, First Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said during an online address to the Architecture of Security forum, the Energy Ministry reported.

3 June, 02:56 PM

Russian strike on critical Chernihiv Oblast energy facility leaves 380,000 households without power

Russian forces struck an energy facility in the Nizhyn district of Chernihiv Oblast at around 4 a.m. on April 18, leaving approximately 380,000 households without electricity in Chernihiv, Pryluky, Nizhyn, and Slavutych and the Chernihiv, Nizhyn, and Pryluky districts, the regional energy company Chernihivoblenergo reported.

18 April, 11:34 AM

EBRD launches $2.1B energy security program in Ukraine

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) program in Ukraine to help households, businesses, and communities boost energy independence through solar panels, batteries, generators, and other decentralized solutions, the bank announced on Facebook on April 6.

6 April, 05:00 PM

Expert says Ukraine must reduce dependence on large heat and power plants

Ukraine has yet to begin serious work on decentralizing heating systems in major cities despite growing risks from Russian strikes on large energy facilities, former Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said.

11 March, 01:45 PM

Ukraine imports Soviet-era power units to rebuild damaged plants

Ukraine is importing Soviet-era power generation units from Eastern Europe to build a strategic reserve of energy equipment, First Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said during a question-and-answer session in parliament on Feb. 13, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

13 February, 03:48 PM

Russian strikes leave parts of three Ukrainian regions without power

Russian shelling of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure left consumers in three regions without electricity as of Wednesday morning, Feb. 11, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry reported.

11 February, 03:37 PM

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