“The Ministry of Energy notes that during severe frosts and ice, the energy industry continues to restore electricity supply”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“During severe frosts and ice, the power industry continues to restore our electricity supply. In the front-line regions, their work is complicated by continuous enemy attacks,” the department wrote in a telegram.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia has been striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. In February of last year, the Ministry of Energy stated that in three years Russia occupied 18 GW of generation, including HPP, TPP and Europe’s largest nuclear power plant – Zaporizhzhya NPP.
According to the Ministry of Energy, as of December 12, since the beginning of 2025, the Russian military has attacked the energy infrastructure of Ukraine 4,500 times, and with the beginning of autumn, these attacks have intensified.
After the last massive attacks by the Russian Federation, the energy system of Ukraine is under a state of emergency, the most difficult situation is in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. After the Russian strike on January 9, emergency shutdowns continue. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said that this Russian attack was the most painful for the city’s critical infrastructure. He emphasized that the situation is the most difficult in four years.