Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Anatoliy Kutsevol, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Tom Berendsen, paid a working visit to one of Centrenergo’s TPPs that was damaged as a result of russian shelling.

During the visit, Anatoliy Kutsevol briefed the Dutch delegation on the consequences of the attacks on the facility, demonstrated the scale of the destruction, and outlined the key challenges and priority needs of the enterprise.

- During the night, Russia once again attacked energy infrastructure facilities in several regions. As a result, consumers in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Sumy regions were left without electricity supply. Power engineers are making every possible effort to restore electricity to all affected customers as quickly as possible.

The Government has commenced payments in the amount of UAH 20,000 to critical infrastructure workers involved in eliminating the consequences of Russian attacks. These include power engineers, gas sector workers, water supply and wastewater specialists, municipal utility workers, and railway employees — in total, more than 12,300 professionals.

First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with a delegation of the Atlantic Council headed by John Herbst. The meeting focused on the current situation in Ukraine’s power system following Russia’s missile and drone attacks, the vertical gas corridor utilising Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities, and the continuation of joint projects in cooperation with the United States.

- Due to hostilities and shelling of energy infrastructure, a number of communities in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions remain temporarily without electricity supply.

- Where the security situation permits, repair crews are already carrying out restoration works. Power engineers return to the sites immediately after air raid alerts are lifted and are making every effort to restore electricity to homes, hospitals, schools, and enterprises as quickly as possible.

Ukraine has received four generators with a total capacity of 1.62 MW from the Belgian Agency for International Cooperation (Enabel). The equipment has already been transferred to the Kyiv municipal company Kyivteploenergo.

During the official handover ceremony, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Valentyna Moskalenko expressed her gratitude to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Belgium to Ukraine, Luc Jacobs, and the Director of Enabel in Ukraine, Dirk Depre, for the equipment and for Belgium’s consistent support of Ukraine’s energy sector.

Ukraine is an integral component of the emerging model of transatlantic energy relations between Europe and the United States, where regional gas security is ensured through diversified supply routes and transparent market mechanisms. The utilization of Ukraine’s gas transmission system and underground gas storage facilities to store and balance American LNG supplies to Eastern Europe will significantly strengthen this architecture.

First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal chaired a meeting of the Energy Headquarters following another overnight attack on energy infrastructure.

“Last night, Russia once again targeted our energy infrastructure. We heard reports from the relevant services on the aftermath response. The air defence forces repelled the attack with dignity. We are grateful to them,” he stated.

According to the First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Energy, the shelling resulted in damage to energy facilities.

First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal participated in a discussion between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and representatives of international business, with the participation of the President’s Advisor on Economic Development, Chrystia Freeland.

The meeting focused on the urgent needs of Ukraine’s energy sector and opportunities to attract private capital for its recovery and modernization.

The Government has allocated more than UAH 1.6 billion from the state budget to carry out works aimed at ensuring the safety of the confinement at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The funds will, inter alia, be directed towards addressing the consequences of Russia’s terrorist attack against the protective shelter of the plant.

Despite the challenging wartime conditions, Ukraine will continue efforts to maintain the three power units of the Chornobyl NPP, the spent nuclear fuel storage facility, and radioactive waste storage facilities in a safe condition.