Energy Minister: Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure cause over $1 billion in damage
The most damage was caused by the attacks on thermal, and hydro electricity generation facilities.
Russia's attacks on energy
Russia attacks Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, casualties reported
Russian forces hit energy facilities in Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv oblasts in a mass missile attack against Ukraine overnight on April 27, causing damage and casualties, Ukrainian authorities reported.
Ukraine faces energy deficits, to restrict power supply for business, industry
Ukraine faces power deficits caused by Russian attacks on its energy system, forcing Kyiv to temporarily restrict power supply to businesses and industrial facilities on April 23, Ukraine's state-owned energy operator Ukrenergo reported.
Germany, Lithuania scouring closed power plants for parts for Ukraine
Decommissioned power plants in Germany and Lithuania are being examined to see if parts can be salvaged and sent to Kyiv in order to repair and restore Ukrainian energy infrastructure damaged by Russian strikes.
UK allocates over $180 million to bolster Ukraine's energy sector
The U.K. has allocated nearly 150 million pounds (over $180 million) to support Ukraine's energy sector after recent Russian attacks, the head of the U.K.'s delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Neil Holland, said on April 18.
Ukraine introduces scheduled blackouts in 3 regions amid Russian attacks
Scheduled blackouts were introduced in Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk oblasts after recent Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, the Energy Ministry reported on April 18.
Rebuilding Kyiv Oblast power plant possible but 'futile' without air defense, Centerenergo says
The Trypillia Thermal Power Plant in Kyiv Oblast can be restored with international help but this will be "futile" without more air defense, Andrii Hota, the chair of Ukraine's state energy company Centerenergo's supervisory board, told Voice of America on April 11.
DTEK thermal plants damaged in Russia's overnight attack
Russia damaged two DTEK thermal power plants in its latest overnight mass attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, according to a press release on April 11 from DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company.
Scheduled blackouts introduced in 6 Ukrainian regions due to Russian attacks
Scheduled blackouts were introduced in six Ukrainian regions due to power deficits caused by Russian attacks on the country's energy system and high consumption, Ukrenergo, Ukraine's state grid operator, reported on April 4.
Mayor: Kharkiv reconstructions requires over $10 billion
More than $10 billion is needed to rebuild everything that Russian forces have damaged in Kharkiv, city mayor Ihor Terekhov said in an interview with Liga.net media outlet published on April 1.
USAID provides emergency equipment, over 100 generators to Ukraine
The U.S. has donated emergency equipment, vehicles, and over 100 generators to multiple regions of Ukraine, through USAID.
Ukraine war latest: Russian assault on Kharkiv can't be ruled out, chief commander says
Key developments on March 29: * Russian assault on Kharkiv can't be ruled out, chief commander says * Syrskyi: 500,000 mobilization figure 'significantly reduced' * Zelensky: Russia targets Kaniv, Dnister hydroelectric power plants overnight * Romania says it found possible drone fragments on its territory following Russian attack on Ukraine * Defense committee considers
Russian attacks force Kharkiv to end city heating season early
Kharkiv will switch off the city's central heating early to reduce the load on the power system, which has been severely damaged in recent Russian attacks, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov announced on March 25.
Ukraine’s DTEK loses 50% of generating capacity, recovery will take 'months'
Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, lost 50% of its generating capacity due to Russia’s March 22 mass attack on the country’s energy system, the CEO of one of its subsidiaries said on March 24.
11 injured in Mykolaiv, partial blackouts in Odesa after overnight Russian drone attack
A Russian overnight drone attack on southern Ukraine injured 11 people and left parts of Odesa without electricity, Ukrainian authorities said on March 25.
Zelensky: Russia launched nearly 190 missiles, 140 drones at Ukraine in last week
Russia launched close to 190 missiles, 140 Shahed drones, and 700 aerial bombs at Ukraine over the last week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on March 24.
Naftogaz: Ukraine's gas supply not impacted by Russian strike
The facility, operated by Naftogaz’s subsidiary Ukrtransgaz, will require repairs to its surface infrastructure, but the attack did not impede its operations due to the gas being stored deep underground, Naftogaz CEO Oleksiy Chernyshov noted.
Lviv firefighters successfully extinguish fire after Russian attack on infrastructure site
According to Governor Maksym Kozytskyi, 61 firefighters worked from early morning until after 5 p.m. local time to put out the fire.
Military: Energy facilities damaged in Russia’s overnight drone attack against Ukraine
Russia’s overnight drone attack against Ukraine damaged energy facilities in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, the Southern Defense Forces reported on March 23.
With winter approaching, is Ukraine's energy system ready for renewed Russian attacks?
The specter of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy system looms once again as winter rapidly approaches. Last year in early October, just as Ukraine’s heating season began, Russia launched a month-long series of missile and drone attacks against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, leading to blackouts amid freezing temperatures
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