The situation in Ukraine’s energy system, despite continuous pressure from the enemy, remains challenging but under control. Russian forces attempt daily to disable electricity generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, primarily in frontline and border regions.
The most difficult situation persists in Odesa and Donetsk regions. In particular, as a result of overnight strikes on energy infrastructure in Donetsk region, the entire region’s consumers are without power as of this morning. Emergency restoration work has already begun; however, repairs in frontline territories are complicated by ongoing shelling. Despite the danger, energy workers continue to operate around the clock.
In Odesa region, electricity has already been restored for over 334,000 consumers, while 278,000 remain without power. In Donetsk, 427,000 consumers are currently without electricity.
Due to the difficult situation caused by the consequences of previous attacks, emergency power outages are being applied in Kharkiv region this morning.
As a result of extensive damage to energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s united energy system is operating under increased load. To stabilize the situation, the Government last week adopted measures to more evenly distribute the load between regions, reduce the duration of outages for household consumers, and enhance the stability of Ukraine’s energy system under martial law conditions.
Ukraine continues close coordination with international partners to strengthen energy resilience. At the end of last week, a meeting of the G7+ Coordination Group on Energy Support for Ukraine took place. One of the key mechanisms of financial support for the energy sector remains the Ukraine Energy Support Fund managed by the Energy Community Secretariat, with total donor contributions to the Fund amounting to €1.3 billion.
For more information on the state of the energy system, see the briefing by Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Mykola Kolisnyk.
