The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has recently adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Regarding the Implementation of European Union Law on Energy Market Integration, Enhancement of Security of Supply, and Promotion of Competitiveness in the Energy Sector” (the “Market Coupling Law”). This legislation transposes nine acts of the EU […]
April 20-26 During the Chornobyl International Conference on Nuclear Safety and Recovery, Ukraine began mobilizing funds to restore the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s New Safe Confinement, which was damaged by the Russian attack: an agreement was signed with the EBRD to allocate EUR 30 million for the first phase of restoration (damage assessment, design), other […]
For over four years now, the Russian Federation has been engaging in outright nuclear blackmail on Ukrainian territory – from the seizure of the Chornobyl NPP site on the first day of the full-scale war to ongoing attacks on energy infrastructure. Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, DiXi Group experts have […]
APRIL 13 – 19 On the night of April 16, Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, causing power outages in several regions and damaging power lines, particularly in the Poltava region. In Dnipro, some consumers were left without gas, and as a result of a strike on a DTEK facility in Kyiv, […]
APRIL 6 – 12 Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal announced a competition for the construction of up to 1.3 GW of new generation capacity in several regions, and also announced plans to expand preferential gas supplies for power generation to facilities in frontline regions built since December 2022 and to explore the introduction of PPA contracts […]
March 30 – April 5 Of the more than 9 GW of generating capacity at thermal power plants (TPPs), combined heat and power plants (CHP), and hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) damaged during the heating season, over 4 GW has already been restored, including about 85% of available TPP capacity and 66% of HPP and pumped–storage […]
In 2026, Ukraine will need $52 billion in external financing, and access to most of these funds depends directly on cooperation with the IMF – it is this cooperation that unlocks funding from the EU and other partners. If commitments are met, the need is fully covered. If not, the financial chain breaks: the deficit […]
March 23-29 As a result of Russia’s massive missile and drone attack on March 23–24, energy infrastructure in several regions of Ukraine was damaged, causing power outages, the disconnection of the Zaporizhzhia NPP from a key power transmission line, and energy disruptions in Moldova, where a state of emergency was declared in the energy sector. […]
March 16-22 The total funding for the Regional Energy Resilience Plans (including the capital’s needs) is estimated at nearly 278 billion UAH. Kyiv presented a revised Energy Resilience Plan, which provides for measures by the end of the year to protect 57 critical infrastructure facilities and install over 200 MW of additional generation capacity to […]
MARCH 9 – 15 On the night of March 14, Russia launched a massive strike on the energy infrastructure of Kyiv and the Kyiv region, causing power outages, disruptions to electric transit in Kyiv, and the shutdown of electricity, heat, and gas supplies for thousands of consumers in the Kyiv region. Plans are in place […]
Since February 2022, Ukraine’s energy sector has operated under sustained missile and UAV strikes that evolved from early attacks on fuel logistics and large generation assets to repeated, combined campaigns against generation, transmission corridors, distributionnetworks, and — from 2025 onwards — gas infrastructure and district heating systems. Over time, the threat intensified not only in […]
MARCH 2 – 8 On the night of March 7, Russia launched another massive attack on Ukraine’s energy system. Power outages were reported in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytskyi, and Zhytomyr regions. Commercial electricity imports to Ukraine fell by 30.5% to 213.2 GWh. For the first time in the last four months, insignificant […]