Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Anatolii Kutsevol briefed a German delegation led by Head of the German Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks Thorsten Frei on the consequences of Russian attacks on one of Kyiv’s combined heat and power plants.

During the visit, Anatolii Kutsevol demonstrated to the German representatives the scale of destruction caused by massive Russian strikes and informed them about ongoing recovery works and preparations of the energy system for the upcoming heating season.

Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Anatolii Kutsevol held a meeting with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye Ayşe Berris Ekinci to discuss prospects for deepening bilateral cooperation in the energy sector.

Anatolii Kutsevol informed his counterpart about the current state of Ukraine’s energy sector and the consequences of continuous Russian attacks on energy infrastructure facilities. He expressed gratitude to Türkiye for the humanitarian shipments of energy equipment delivered to Ukraine and outlined the current needs of Ukrainian energy companies.

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

- Energy workers continue operating in an enhanced режим to restore electricity supply to all consumers as quickly as possible. Emergency restoration works are ongoing around the clock.

The Ministry of Energy has already submitted to the Government the relevant amendments that will enable the conclusion of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) between electricity producers and consumers. This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal on his Telegram channel.

Ukraine welcomes home 205 service members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service who were released from Russian captivity as part of the first stage of the “1000 for 1000” prisoner exchange. This is the best possible gift for Family Day.

Among those released is a National Guard member who had been captured at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Ukraine has now succeeded in returning almost all National Guard personnel from Chornobyl NPP and continues efforts to secure the release of every Ukrainian still held in Russian captivity.

First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal held the fourth meeting with representatives of the gas generation sector to discuss the necessary steps and already implemented solutions aimed at ensuring stable and economically sustainable operation of the sector.

As Denys Shmyhal noted, the following key results have already been achieved:

- As a result of hostilities and shelling of energy infrastructure facilities, some consumers in the Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Khmelnytskyi, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions remain temporarily without electricity supply.

- Energy workers continue operating in an enhanced mode to restore electricity supply to all consumers as quickly as possible. Emergency restoration works are ongoing around the clock.

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine participated in the Youth Opportunities Fair held within the framework of the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service event “Public Service Promo Day 2026.”

At the fair, Ministry representatives engaged with students, graduates, and young professionals seeking to build careers in public service.

- Over the past 24 hours, the enemy carried out one of the largest combined attacks against the territory of Ukraine. As a result of strikes on energy infrastructure facilities, some consumers in the city of Kyiv, as well as the Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Lviv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Khmelnytskyi regions, remain temporarily without electricity supply.

- Energy workers are operating in an enhanced mode in order to restore electricity supply to all consumers as quickly as possible. Restoration works are ongoing around the clock.

At its meeting, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, at the initiative of the Ministry of Energy, adopted a protocol decision regarding problematic issues related to the operation of SE “SkhidGZK.” These issues had previously been discussed during the visit of First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal to the Dnipropetrovsk region and his inspection of the enterprise’s production facilities.