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Firefighter attending to a blaze following a Russian attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

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Changed Russian energy attack tactics complicate Ukraine’s blackout recovery – Energy Ministry

New dual-target attacks on both power generation sites and transmission networks slow restoration after 8 November attack forces nationwide rolling blackouts.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Money Matters

Ukraine detains energy chief who brought in $1.5 billion from the West

Critics call former Ukrenergo chief's arrest political persecution

byPeeter Helme

Result of a Russian attack on an Ukrainian electricity substation.

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Russia shifts to “scorched earth” energy attacks as Ukraine braces for winter

Rolling blackouts have returned across Ukraine as Russia intensifies pre-winter energy infrastructure attacks.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Zelenskyy reshuffle Government Ukraine Kuleba Kamyshin Cabinet

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Ukrainian politics

Why did Ukraine reshuffle half its government amid war?

The shake-up, justified as a need for "new energy," comes as Ukraine faces critical challenges in its conflict with Russia and pursuit of Western support.

byBohdan Ben

ukrnergo kudrytskyi energy power grid blackout

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Ukraine removes energy grid chief as Russian attacks cripple electricity supplies

Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine’s power grid head due to the failure to protect the energy network from Russia’s record-setting airstrikes.

byOksana Ostapchuk

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Ukrhydroenergo: No flood risk from Kyiv hydroelectric plant after Russian strike

The Kyiv hydroelectric dam remains stable and poses no flood risk following a recent Russian missile strike, according to Ukraine's state hydropower company.

byMaria Tril

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Kyiv faces unscheduled blackouts as energy demands exceed limits

Emergency power cuts swept through Kyiv after the city exceeded its energy limits, rendering scheduled outages ineffective.

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine faces countrywide power outages as electricity deficit worsens

Emergency power outages swept across all regions of Ukraine on 15 May, lasting from 6:40 am to 9:00 am, as the national energy company Ukrenergo grappled with an electricity deficit exacerbated by Russian strikes on power infrastructure.

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine seeks emergency assistance from EU countries amid Russian ballistic strikes

The Ukrainian state energy company has turned to neighboring countries for emergency power aid.

byOlena Mukhina

Trypilska power plant Russian missile attacks Ukraine's power grid

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Analysis

From exporter to importer overnight: Russian missiles knock out Ukraine’s power grid amid weakened air defense

Boosting air defense has become Ukraine's number-one priority: rebuilding destroyed power plants is a Sisyphean task when they will be destroyed in the next wave of Russian attacks

byAlya Shandra

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Hundreds of small power plants: Ukrenergo reveals strategy to protect against Russian strikes

Decentralization of electricity production throughout Ukraine seen as only way to protect the energy system from the severe consequences of Russian attacks

byAlya Shandra

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Ukrenergo: Ukraine’s power grid withstood Russia’s nighttime assault on power plants

Despite Russia's nocturnal strike on power plants on March 29, Ukraine's power grid remains stable, with damage reported to thermal and hydroelectric facilities, leading to limited electricity consumption in the Kryvyi Rih area.

byYuri Zoria

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Germany allocates additional € 300 mn for Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Ukraine's national energy company Ukrenergo “is among the main beneficiaries” and will receive €200 million of the total German contribution to an Energy Support Fund for Ukraine.

byIryna Voichuk

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Ukrenergo: Russia damaged 70 major energy facilities in Ukraine

"No country in the world has faced this kind of attacks, these kinds of threats," he said, adding that Ukrenergo had to devise solutions "on the fly," Kudrytskyi, CEO of Ukrenergo, said.

byIryna Voichuk

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Germany grants EUR 76 million to protect Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

The German development bank KfW will allocate a €76 mn ($80 mn) grant to Ukraine's grid operator Ukrenergo to finance the protection of substations, new high-voltage equipment, and network upgrades along the border with Europe.

byIryna Voichuk

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European Energy Community to help Ukraine sue Russia for causing energy apocalypsis

Energy Community, one of Europe's most influential energy organizations, will help Ukraine sue Russia for damaging Ukraine's power…

byAlya Shandra