December 22-January 4

  • On the nights of December 23 and 27, Russia carried out two massive strikes on Ukraine’s energy system, using a total of 1,154 strike UAVs and 78 missiles of various types. The first attack was directed mainly at the western regions, while the second at Kyiv and the Kyiv region.
  • The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine stated that the “licensing” of the Zaporizhzhia NPP power unit announced by the Russian Federation is legally null and void and has no legal consequences, since the station is under the exclusive jurisdiction of Ukraine. The ministry stressed that any statements about the power unit’s readiness to operate under occupation are irresponsible and pose a serious threat to nuclear safety.
  • The government updated the Procedure for determining and applying maximum electricity consumption limits, in particular, raising the threshold for their application to four shifts of hourly power outages and clarifying the conditions for priority electricity supply to critically important consumers. The changes also detail the requirements for lists of such consumers and provide for their updating by regional military administrations by December 30, 2025.
  • In January, the maximum capacity of inter-state crossings for electricity imports from European Union countries to the joint Ukraine-Moldova area increased to 2.45 GW.
  • On December 30, the competition commission for the construction of new generating capacities, whose activities had been blocked since April 2025, selected seven companies with projects totalling 316.4 MW as competition winners and rejected the
    applications of three other participants with projects for building 107.12 MW of new capacities.
  • According to the Ministry of Energy, in 2025, municipal enterprises, private and state-owned companies commissioned 762 MW of new gas generation. Ukrenergo also reported that in 2025, 423 MW of new balancing capacities were connected to Ukraine’s power system, including 398 MW of BESS and 25 MW of gas engine units. This capacities will provide ancillary services to the TSO.
  • The nomination committee appointed four independent members to the supervisory board of Energoatom, and President Zelensky proposed Denys Shmyhal the position of deputy prime minister and minister of energy.
  • The government set a zero quota for exports of Ukrainian-produced natural gas for 2026.
  • Natural gas imports to Ukraine amounted to 6.47 bcm in 2025, the highest figure in the last five years, according to ExPro.
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