Dear energy workers, colleagues, and friends,

Today is your professional holiday. It is very symbolic that it falls on 22 December – a day when the sun prevails, when darkness recedes, giving way to light and energy. May this also be true in our work!

Your efforts lay the foundation for life in the country. The operation of hospitals, transport, communications, water and heat supply, industry, and defense – all of this is impossible without your dedication. Without light, life itself is impossible.

Acting Minister of Energy of Ukraine Artem Nekrasov paid a working visit to the Donetsk region.

During the visit, Artem Nekrasov, together with representatives of the regional administration and energy companies, inspected a thermal power plant that had sustained significant damage as a result of targeted Russian attacks.

The Acting Minister held a meeting with the plant’s management, during which he reviewed the enterprise’s urgent needs for equipment and materials required to continue emergency repair works.

The document summarizes the key decisions and events of the month: updates to the sanctions policies of the EU, the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ukraine; measures targeting the “shadow fleet”; changes in restrictions on Russian oil and gas revenues; and the current status of EU utilization of Russian energy resources.

The report provides a systematic assessment of the dynamics of the sanctions processes and their impact on the energy security of Ukraine and its partners. The material was prepared by the Recovery and Reform Support Team (RST).

In preparation for the second meeting of the Strategic Partnership Dialogue between Ukraine and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Roman Andarak met with UK Minister for Energy Michael Shanks.

- The most challenging situation remains in the regions bordering russia and in frontline areas. The enemy continues systematic attacks on the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv regions, where extensive damage to generation facilities as well as electricity transmission and distribution networks has been recorded.

Following an appeal by the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, the Energy Community Council of Ministers adopted a decision allowing Ukraine to continue operating large combustion plants included in the National Plan for the Reduction of Emissions from Large Combustion Plants for the duration of martial law, but no later than 31 December 2028.

The decision was adopted at the 23rd meeting of the Energy Community Ministerial Council, held in Vienna, Austria. Ukraine was represented at the meeting by Deputy Minister of Energy Mykola Kolisnyk.

The Ministry of Energy welcomes the European Parliament's decision to phase out imports of Russian gas and oil. 

This is a historic step, endorsed by representatives of all people of the European Union, will strengthen Europe’s energy security and demonstrates a shared commitment to countering Russia’s long-term weaponisation of energy.

Ukraine continues to adapt its energy legislation to EU standards, with support from partners within the Energy Community playing a crucial role in this process. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Olha Yukhymchuk during the 78th meeting of the Permanent High-Level Group.

During the meeting, participants reviewed a number of draft decisions of the Energy Community Council of Ministers, as well as issues related to the implementation of European energy legislation.

Germany has made an additional contribution of EUR 4.5 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, bringing its total contributions to nearly EUR 390 million.

Germany remains the Fund’s largest donor and has provided support every year since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. In 2022, Germany contributed nearly EUR 130 million; in 2023, EUR 88.5 million; in 2024, EUR 159.5 million; and in 2025, almost EUR 12 million.

In addition, Germany has declared its intention to allocate nearly EUR 168 million more to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund.

- Overnight, Russia attacked Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. As a result of the attacks, more than 180,000 consumers were left without electricity. Most of them have already been reconnected thanks to the round-the-clock work of energy workers.

- Due to previous massive attacks, more than 12,000 consumers in Odesa region currently remain without power. Emergency restoration works in the region continue around the clock.