Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced that the G7+ group of partners has pledged significant new support for Ukraine’s energy sector, including thousands of generators and millions in funding, following an urgent coordination meeting on 23 January.
Ukraine’s energy system is facing an acute crisis after months of Russian strikes, as the country goes through the harshest winter of the full-scale invasion. The damage has cut generation capacity, strained transmission networks, and forced emergency repairs and rolling outages across multiple regions as authorities try to maintain electricity and heating supplies.
Svyrydenko said the meeting updated partners on the current situation in Ukraine’s energy system and its urgent infrastructure needs. She confirmed new packages that include over 6,000 pieces of large-scale energy equipment and contributions to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund.
What Ukraine’s partners pledged
Key commitments include 447 generators from the European Union, 90 from Lithuania, over 100 generators totaling 13 MW from France, and 140 small and medium generators plus transformers from Japan.
Italy pledged €10 million to the fund and an additional €50 million in its 2026 budget, while the Netherlands will provide €23 million for gas, power plant repairs, and energy equipment.
Germany pledged €60 million along with 33 cogeneration units, 15 mobile hybrid generators, 300 solar installations, 375 batteries, 31 boiler units, 45 construction machines, and 10 water heaters.
The United Kingdom committed nearly €23 million, and the United States announced over $400 million for humanitarian support.
Svyrydenko emphasized that the support will help maintain electricity, heat, and essential services across the country during ongoing attacks and harsh winter conditions.
Russia's systematic assault on Ukraine's energy grid
The G7+ meeting comes as Ukraine faces its worst energy crisis since Russia's full-scale invasion began. In the first two weeks of January alone, Russia launched nearly 2,000 strike drones, about 1,000 guided aerial bombs, and 70 missiles against Ukraine.
Not a single Ukrainian power plant has escaped Russian strikes. Since October 2025, Russian forces have targeted 11 hydroelectric stations and 45 of Ukraine's largest thermal power plants, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal told parliament. Russia launched 612 targeted combined attacks on energy infrastructure in 2025.
The damage has created a critical gap between supply and demand. Ukraine's electricity demand reached 18 gigawatts on 15 January while the system could provide only 11, President Zelenskyy said.
A massive strike on 9 January broke Kyiv's "energy ring," leaving nearly 6,000 apartment buildings without heat as temperatures dropped to -15°C. Hundreds of buildings remained without heating a week later, and residents in some districts received as little as three hours of electricity per day.
Then on 20 January, Russia launched another massive barrage - over 370 weapons including Iskander ballistic missiles, a Zircon hypersonic missile, Kh-101 cruise missiles, and swarms of drones targeting power facilities across nine oblasts. More than 5,600 Kyiv buildings again lost heating, and the entire left bank of the capital lost water.
