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Power outages reported in eastern and southern Ukraine after drone strikes

Power outages were reported across four Ukrainian regions on Monday following Russian attacks, the national grid operator said on May 4.

4 May, 12:25 PM

Ukraine’s EU energy market law may lower power bills – Ukrenergo

Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergo said a new law integrating the country’s energy market with Europe will strengthen energy resilience and could help lower electricity costs for consumers, following its signing by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Apr. 22.

22 April, 11:25 AM

Ukrenergo names Chernihiv Oblast worst hit by outages after Russian strikes

Power outages were reported in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy and Odesa oblasts after earlier Russian strikes on energy facilities with the most difficult situation in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrenergo said on March 25.

25 March, 02:38 PM

Much of donated energy equipment sits idle, former Ukrenergo chief says

Many expensive cogeneration units donated by international partners were never connected to the grid and remain unused, the former chairman of Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, told NV Radio on March 10.

11 March, 09:22 PM

Kudrytskyi: Fico bluffing on power supply halt

Slovak PM Robert Fico’s threats to stop emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine are a bluff, former chairman of Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said on Feb. 23.

24 February, 01:11 AM

Russia may pause energy grid attacks in spring — Ukrenergo CEO

Russia may temporarily lose interest in destroying Ukraine's energy system with the onset of spring, former Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said in an interview with NV on Feb. 19.

19 February, 10:55 AM

Ukrenergo: Ukraine needs over 9 gigawatts of new generation in coming years

Ukraine’s power grid will need about 9.5 gigawatts of new generating capacity in the coming years to cover the deficit caused by Russian attacks, Vitalii Zaichenko, chairman of national grid operator Ukrenergo, said on Feb. 18.

18 February, 08:01 PM

Ukraine cannot lift emergency blackouts due to power deficit

Emergency power outages cannot currently be canceled in most regions of Ukraine due to a significant power deficit and damage to transmission and distribution networks, national grid operator Ukrenergo reported on Feb. 8.

8 February, 03:05 PM

Russian terror puts all of Europe at risk of nuclear accident — Sybiha

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said partners and the media must act immediately “to stop nuclear terrorists in Moscow,” warning that Russia has recently intensified attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear energy system, creating a direct risk of a nuclear incident on Feb. 7.

7 February, 10:55 PM

No blackout in Ukraine despite grid emergency, says former Ukrenergo head

Ukraine’s grid suffered a systemic emergency from the simultaneous disconnection of several major high-voltage lines, triggering automation at nuclear plants and temporary consumer restrictions, but there is no blackout, former Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi told Suspilne.Studio on Jan. 31.

31 January, 08:00 PM

China becomes Ukraine’s largest supplier of key energy equipment in 2025

Imports of transformers, inductors and chokes to Ukraine rose 88% in 2025 compared with 2024, reaching $1.12 billion, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Jan. 24.

24 January, 02:11 PM

Emergency power outages introduced across most Ukrainian oblasts

Emergency power outages were introduced across many oblasts of Ukraine with scheduled hourly blackout timetables suspended, the national grid operator Ukrenergo said on Jan. 23.

23 January, 12:00 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

Court keeps ex-Ukrenergo chief in custody, lowers bail to $185,000

A Kyiv appeals court has upheld the detention of former Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi but agreed to reduce his bail to 7,000,736 hryvnias (about $185,000), Suspilne reported on Dec. 23.

23 December 2025, 05:22 PM

Ukrenergo races to fortify grid

Ukraine's national power grid operator Ukrenergo has protected more than half of its power transformers with concrete shields and anticipates finishing work on the rest by summer, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Dec. 10.

10 December 2025, 10:28 AM

Ukrainians bracing for prolonged blackouts this winter amid Russian attacks

Rolling blackouts could continue through the entire winter and become even more severe during extreme cold, as officials prepare emergency measures for key facilities, Ukrenergo CEO Vitalii Zaichenko told news agency RBC-Ukraine on Nov. 18.

18 November 2025, 02:26 PM

Russia launched 150 missiles, 2,000 drones at Ukraine’s energy sector in October

In October and early November, Russia targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with over 150 cruise and ballistic missiles, on top of more than 2,000 kamikaze UAVs, national power grid operator Ukrenergo said on Nov. 14.

14 November 2025, 08:47 PM

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

Ukraine has lost 80% of international support for its energy sector, expert says

Compared to 2022–2023, Ukraine has lost the bulk of its international support for the energy sector, Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Industry Research Center and former Energy Ministry adviser, said in an interview with public broadcaster Suspilne on Nov. 12.

13 November 2025, 02:28 AM

Ukrenergo did its part to prepare for Russian air strikes—Kudrytskyi

Ukraine’s national power grid operator Ukrenergo did more than any other state body to harden its infrastructure against Russian attacks, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, who led Ukrenergo from 2020 to 2024, told NV Radio on Nov. 11.

11 November 2025, 11:55 PM

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