To ensure a stable and uninterrupted heating season in 2025/2026, the Government of Ukraine has approved a preferential natural gas price of UAH 19,000 per 1,000 m³ (including VAT) for electricity producers operating thermal power plants, combined heat and power plants, as well as gas turbine and gas piston units located in frontline communities.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Implementation of European Union Legislation in the Field of Renewable Energy Sources.”

A Russian UAV attacked one of the energy facilities in the Sumy region, injuring an employee of JSC Sumyoblenergo.

An energy workers’ crew was carrying out maintenance work when the facility’s territory came under attack by an enemy drone. A substation maintenance electrician sustained injuries. He is currently receiving all necessary medical care.

Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Roman Andarak held a meeting with a delegation from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, led by Ulrike Hopp-Nischanka, Head of the Ukraine Task Force.

The meeting was also attended by Deputy Minister of Energy Mykola Kolisnyk, Director for International Relations and Partnerships at Naftogaz Group Oleksiy Ryabchyn, as well as representatives of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), and the Embassy of Germany in Ukraine.

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine extends its sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of drift miner Volodymyr Kosiuk, born in 1982, who worked at the Inhulskа Mine of the State Enterprise SkhidGZK and died as a result of an industrial accident. Volodymyr is survived by his wife and his 11-year-old daughter.

The body of the deceased was found on 27 November following prolonged emergency search and rescue operations.

The circumstances of the accident are being investigated by a special commission established by the State Labour Service of Ukraine.

Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Roman Andarak held a meeting with representatives of the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine. The parties discussed the current situation in the energy sector, international assistance, and further areas of bilateral cooperation.

Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Roman Andarak met with Davide La Cecilia, Special Representative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Reconstruction and Sustainability of Ukraine.

Roman Andarak informed the Italian delegation about the current state of Ukraine’s energy sector following the recent overnight attacks on infrastructure. He noted that the enemy continues to deliberately target power generation facilities and substations; however, Ukrainian energy companies are managing to restore the system promptly after each strike.

The Ministry of Energy, chaired by Deputy Minister Mykola Kolisnyk, held a meeting dedicated to mechanisms for preventing fuel shortages, diversifying supply routes, and building strategic reserves in wartime conditions.

The meeting brought together representatives of the Ministry for Communities and Territorial Development, the Ministry of Finance, the State Customs Service, the Energy Customs Office, JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, Naftogaz Group, JSC Ukrtransnafta, JSC Ukrnafta, as well as commercial companies active on the petroleum products market.

Energy workers will begin assessing the damage and carrying out restoration work as soon as the security situation allows.

We ask everyone to remain calm and follow safety precautions.

Every year, on the fourth Saturday of November, Ukraine commemorates the millions of people who died during the Holodomor genocide of 1932–1933, as well as the mass, man-made famines of 1921–1923 and 1946–1947.

In 1932–1933, the communist totalitarian regime deliberately committed the crime of genocide against the Ukrainian people.
Today, in the 21st century, Russia — the successor of that regime — continues the policy of erasing Ukrainian identity.