#Ukraine

Attacks on Ukraine’s power grid pose ongoing risks to nuclear safety, warns Director General Rafael Grossi.

Energy workers have restored power to 53,000 families across 162 settlements in the Odesa region following severe weather disruptions.

A missile attack on a key substation near the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant caused a three-hour blackout, disrupting critical safety systems.

Hungary’s oil supplies from the Druzhba pipeline were cut after a Ukrainian attack on a substation powering pipeline operations.

Ukraine’s drone raid sets Volgograd rail substation ablaze, disrupting electricity supply and railway operations near Zhutovo station.

Ukrainian intelligence disables power to Russian military facilities in Kaliningrad, causing an estimated $5 M in damage.

Three high-voltage autotransformers will support Ukraine’s grid stability, backed by funding from Japan, Sweden, and UNDP amid ongoing energy challenges.

Transformer-related imports surged in early 2025, with China supplying over 80 % as Ukraine ramps up energy infrastructure recovery efforts.

DTEK has secured an $11.8 M grant from France to construct Ukraine’s first digital substation using GE Vernova technology, boosting energy resilience.

14-year-old girl has been detained for arson of a substation in Odesa region.

Azerbaijan has sent 17 transformers and over 52 km of electrical cables and wires to Ukraine as humanitarian aid.

DTEK has selected Fluence Energy to deliver 200 MW of advanced energy storage systems to be installed at six sites across Ukraine.

Estonia has provided Ukraine with more than 140 transformers and over 300 pieces of energy equipment through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

DTEK will receive €107 million ($112.30 million) from the European Commission and the United States to restore power facilities destroyed in attacks on the energy system.

Consumers in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Sumy, Kharkiv and Khmelnytskyi oblasts have faced power outages due to bombardments and hostilities.

Consumers in Donetsk, Lviv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv oblasts were cut off from the power grid on 20 October.

Ukrenergo has restored the power supply line to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).

Due to a Russian attack on a main substation in Zaporizhzhia, one of the two power lines supplying the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been disabled.

Civilian energy infrastructure was targeted in Donetsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, and Chernihiv oblasts.

Ukraine had to introduce rolling blackouts from 13:00 on Thursday, September 12.

Ukraine had to cut power for some consumers on Monday due to a power generation shortage.

The nodal substation is part of the “energy island” of the enterprise

The USAID has purchased 18 autotransformers to support Ukraine’s power grid.

Substation equipment in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast has been damaged in an attack.