Since the beginning of the year, Ukraine has received 4,007 units of energy equipment, including generators, transformers, modular boiler houses, cogeneration units, boilers, and other critical equipment.

This assistance has been provided by partners from the European Union, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Slovakia, the United States, Türkiye, Finland, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, the Czech Republic, Poland, Cyprus, China, UNICEF/WASH, PFRU, and VOLVO.

- As a result of hostilities and attacks on energy infrastructure, some consumers in the Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions remain temporarily without electricity supply.

- The most challenging situation is currently in the Donetsk and Kherson regions, where damage to energy infrastructure has left the largest number of consumers without power.

- Energy workers are making every effort to restore electricity supply to all affected consumers as quickly as possible. Restoration works are ongoing around the clock.

Today, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost its external power supply for the twentieth time since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Due to military actions by the Russian Federation, the plant lost connection to the Ferrosplavna-1 (330 kV) transmission line.

Following the incident, emergency diesel generators automatically started to provide backup power for reactor core cooling and to maintain other critical nuclear safety functions at the facility.

State-owned distribution system operators continue to expand their network of modern customer service centres as part of the implementation of unified service standards across the Ukrainian Distribution Networks (UDN) Group.

Recently, JSC Ternopiloblenergo and JSC Cherkasyoblenergo opened three additional Customer Service Centres. New service facilities have started operating in Buchach and Chortkiv in the Ternopil region, as well as in Zolotonosha in the Cherkasy region.

- As a result of hostilities and attacks on energy infrastructure, some consumers in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions remain temporarily without electricity supply.

- Energy workers are making every effort to restore electricity supply to all affected consumers as quickly as possible. Restoration works are ongoing around the clock.

- No power supply restrictions are forecast for today. Please follow the official information channels of your distribution system operators for any updates regarding electricity supply.

Regions across Ukraine continue active preparations for the upcoming heating season and are expanding distributed gas-fired generation capacities to strengthen energy independence, ensure the operation of critical infrastructure, and support industrial consumers.

According to First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, the total installed capacity of all commissioned distributed generation facilities in Ukraine has reached 1,806.3 MW. The leading regions are Kyiv Region (212.3 MW) and Cherkasy Region (124.6 MW).

First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce (ACC), during which the parties discussed preparations for the upcoming winter season, strengthening the resilience of Ukraine’s power system, and priority areas for the development of the energy sector.

- As a result of hostilities and attacks on energy infrastructure facilities, a number of consumers in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Poltava, and Kharkiv regions remain temporarily without electricity supply.

- Power engineers are making every effort to restore electricity supply to all affected consumers as quickly as possible. Restoration works are ongoing around the clock.

- Due to adverse weather conditions, 22 settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region remain without electricity. Repair crews are working to restore power supply.

First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal took part in a meeting of the Council for Entrepreneurship Support.

The Minister outlined the Ministry’s key priorities: preparations for winter (including restoration, protection, and the construction of new distributed generation facilities), the update of Ukraine’s Energy Strategy in cooperation with the World Bank, and the implementation of sectoral reforms.

This week, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal visited an energy facility in Kyiv Region that has repeatedly come under Russian attack.

“Despite the damage, energy workers continue to carry out their duties, restore equipment, and ensure that Ukrainian homes remain supplied with electricity,” Denys Shmyhal noted.