Ukraine’s grid operator kept all-day blackouts in parts of the country after Russia’s latest strikes on the grid
Russian strikes on 13 November killed four Ukrainian civilians and injured more than 40.
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Only one-third of Ukraine’s key transformers are protected from Russian strikes — but biggest threat may be inside system, lawmaker says
Only a third of the main transformers at Ukrenergo’s 84 substations sit in concrete sarcophagi.
Russia kills three at a store of kindergarten food in Odesa after setting a Kremenchuk hotel ablaze
The two strikes came within hours of each other and hit children's food supplies in one city and a hotel and an apartment block in the other.
One of largest Russian attacks yet on Ukraine’s energy system forces emergency blackouts across regions and leaves Kyiv without water
Russia has struck energy facilities more than 20 times in the past day, using an unprecedented number of weapons.
Kyiv gets no warning of the first of two Russian ballistic waves, hours after Zelenskyy said US alerts were back
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied any pause in intelligence-sharing and pointed to a software problem in Ukraine’s early-warning system a few nights earlier.
Russian drone cuts down unique energy line tower over Dnipro River in Kyiv. It can’t be rebuilt, and world is queuing for more power equipment
Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergo is already starting work on workarounds, but calls drones that cut down towers a new challenge.
Warehouses, a home-improvement store, a farm: Russia’s strikes aimed past the grid at Ukraine’s civilian economy
Three people were killed and a woman was still missing as the outages spread.
Blackouts return to Kyiv as Russia prepares to freeze civilians over the winter
Russia is once again targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as winter approaches, threatening to leave civilians without power, heat, and water as Moscow ramps up its campaign to cripple the country’s critical systems.
Ukraine’s distributed generation program has failed. It needed 7,000 MW of small plants to outlast Russian strikes, but built only 700, says former grid chief
The failure leaves the grid as vulnerable to Russian strikes as ever.
Slovakia formally terminates emergency electricity contract with Ukraine — Kyiv had already been refused when it asked
Slovakia's state grid operator confirmed Ukraine last received emergency power in January and was turned away when it requested more.
Russia prepares combat planes for “peace talks” with Ukraine in EU
Satellite imagery shows bombers repositioned.
Ukraine’s nuclear plants have the power — the grid damaged by Russia still can’t carry it
Ukrenergo reported that atomic generation remains partially offloaded because damaged high-voltage substations cannot handle the output, as another 101-drone barrage from five directions hit overnight on 8 February.
“Quite strict” power limits in place as Ukraine’s grid buckles under attack damage
Kyiv and frontline regions face longest unplanned outages after power facilities damaged in Russian strikes.
Energy outages and 12 civilian deaths reported across Ukraine amid Russia’s strikes (MAP)
Energy sites, residential buildings, and public facilities were hit in different parts of the country. The Russians injured at least 59 more civilians.
Ukrainians now face 12-16 hours without power daily as grid buckles under Russian attacks
Households will lose power multiple times Monday; factories face separate consumption limits.
Why does Ukraine’s grid survive missiles that would black out Europe? Ousted energy chief explains
Volodymyr Kudrytskyi on Soviet overcapacity, stolen shelter funds, and why war is no excuse for corruption
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.
Ukraine detains energy chief who brought in $1.5 billion from the West
Critics call former Ukrenergo chief's arrest political persecution.
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.
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.