“According to Koretskyi, the excess amount of purchased electricity was released for the needs of household consumersβ, β write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Volumes of imported electricity purchases already cover more than 50% of the needs of all the Group’s enterprises, as stipulated by the government decree. The corresponding amount of electricity has been released for the needs of household consumers,” he wrote on Facebook.
Koretsky added that Naftogaz is coordinating its actions with the government in order to stabilize the situation in the energy system as soon as possible after the Russian shelling.
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After the last massive attacks by the Russian Federation, the power system of Ukraine is in a state of emergency. In particular, on January 20, Kyiv suffered another attack by the Russian Federation, and 5,635 high-rise buildings were left without heat, almost 80 percent of them are houses to which the heat supply was returned after the shelling on January 9.
On the night of January 24, Russian troops attacked Kyiv again, using drones and missiles. Destruction and damage were recorded immediately in 5 districts of the capital. It is known about one dead person and four injured. Almost 6,000 houses were left without heating in the city again. According to the mayor, the situation is the most difficult in Troeshchyna.
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According to the mayor of the city Vitaliy Klitschko, the Russian attack on January 9 was the most painful for the city’s critical infrastructure. He emphasized that the situation is the most difficult in four years. Emergency blackouts have been ongoing in the city since then.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia has been striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Since the beginning of the fall of 2025, Russian forces have intensified their attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector.
The Security Service of Ukraine qualifies Russia’s strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure as crimes against humanity. The SBU previously noted that since the beginning of this year’s heating season, it has documented at least 256 air attacks by the Russian Federation on energy facilities and heat supply systems of Ukraine.