Ukraine continues its systematic efforts to strengthen the energy resilience of healthcare facilities and introduce alternative power sources to ensure their uninterrupted operation, including during prolonged power outages.

Recently, as part of the joint “Ray of Hope” project of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, a hybrid solar power plant with an energy storage system was commissioned at the All-Ukrainian Medical and Rehabilitation Centre “Tsybli”.

Last week, critical infrastructure enterprises in the Ivano-Frankivsk region received 17 units of energy equipment weighing more than 20 tonnes from the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine’s emergency energy assistance hubs. The equipment included, in particular, disconnectors and transformers.

First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal held an online meeting with Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands.

They discussed areas of cooperation under the Roadmap for Energy Cooperation, signed at the end of June on the sidelines of URC2026 in Gdańsk.

First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal welcomed Brice Roquefeuil, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Ukraine, on the occasion of the start of his tenure in Kyiv. They discussed strengthening the resilience of Ukraine’s energy system, supporting critical infrastructure and accelerating the implementation of joint projects.

At the initiative of the Ministry of Energy, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a decision that, according to First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal, will create additional incentives for the development of distributed generation and an increase in electricity imports.

As the Minister of Energy noted, electricity supply restrictions will henceforth not be applied to industrial and commercial consumers that cover at least 80% of their electricity consumption through:

- Overnight and in the morning, Russia launched another massive attack. As a result of hostilities and strikes on energy infrastructure, some consumers in the city of Kyiv, Kyiv, Donetsk, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions are temporarily without electricity. Emergency restoration works are already underway wherever security conditions allow. Energy workers are making every effort to restore power to all affected consumers as quickly as possible.

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania signed a Joint Declaration on Energy Cooperation between Ukraine and Lithuania.

The document was signed by First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal and Minister of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania Lukas Savickas during the visit of the Lithuanian delegation to Kyiv.

The energy partnership between the two countries will focus on:

The adopted law will enable the preservation and further development of Ukraine’s only enterprise engaged in uranium ore mining and the production of natural uranium concentrate.

In particular, the document provides for:

Since the beginning of the year, 4,658 pieces of energy equipment have been delivered to Ukraine. These include generators, transformers, modular boiler houses, cogeneration units, boilers and other equipment.

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

- Restoration works are underway wherever security conditions allow. Energy workers are making every effort to restore electricity supply to all affected consumers as quickly as possible.