Ukraine energy infrastructure

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

Over 16,000 in Kharkiv Oblast left without heat after Russian strikes

More than 16,000 residents of the Lozova municipality in Kharkiv Oblast were left without heating in 20-degree below zero Celsius cold after Russian strikes hit energy infrastructure overnight into Feb. 3, Lozova Mayor Sergiy Zelenskiy reported on Telegram.

3 February, 10:54 AM

Zelenskyy: Russia hits Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in mass winter attack

Russia carried out another targeted strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, launching a large-scale attack amid freezing winter temperatures, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on his Telegram channel on Feb. 3.

3 February, 10:40 AM

Ukraine secures dozens of power substations, plans protection for 120 more by March

Ukraine’s State Agency for Restoration has completed protective measures at 46 Ukrenergo facilities across 22 substations, plans to finish similar protection at 120 more facilities by March, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Jan. 30.

2 February, 10:19 AM

Rescuer dies in Kyiv energy repair work after fall from height

Rescuer and high-altitude specialist Oleksandr Pytaychuk was killed during emergency repair work at one of Kyiv’s energy facilities on Dec. 25, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported in a Telegram post.

25 January, 06:20 PM

About 100 Kyiv apartment buildings remain without heat after Jan. 9 attack

Heating still needs to be restored to nearly 100 apartment buildings in Kyiv following a large-scale Russian attack on the city’s energy infrastructure earlier this month, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Jan. 16.

16 January, 05:59 PM

Nearly one-third of Kyiv left without heating after Russian attack

Nearly one-third of Kyiv was left without heating after a large-scale Russian attack, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said on Dec. 27.

27 December 2025, 12:30 PM

Three Ukrainian oblasts plunge into near-total blackout

Mass Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy system has left Rivne, Ternopil, and Khmelnytskyi oblasts almost completely without power, acting Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov wrote on Dec. 23.

23 December 2025, 12:51 PM

SBU detains Russian agents plotting strikes on Kyiv power plants

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service said on Dec. 11 that it detained two Russian agents who were preparing missile and drone strikes on thermal and hydroelectric power plants in Kyiv Oblast.

11 December 2025, 12:50 PM

Power outages follow Russian attacks on energy facilities in four regions

Russian attacks on energy facilities in several regions have left customers without power in the Odesa, Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, Ukraine's Energy Ministry reported on the morning of Dec. 2.

2 December 2025, 03:39 PM

NABU detective key to Energoatom graft probe despite arrest

The detained and arrested NABU official Ruslan Mahamedrasulov participated in exposing the embezzlement scheme at the state-owned NPP operator Energoatom, said NABU detective team leader Oleksandr Abakumov, who handled the investigation, on the UP.Chat program on Nov. 11.

11 November 2025, 02:45 PM

Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies defy Zelenskyy in Energoatom probe

Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies — the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) — appear to be tightening oversight of the government, the New York Times reported on Nov. 10, analyzing events and the corruption scandal around the state-owned NPP operator Energoatom.

11 November 2025, 02:06 PM

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