energy

On the night of August 20, the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant experienced its 27th blackout since the start of the full-scale invasion and its 15th this year. 

Russian troops launched a massive shelling attack on one of DTEK's thermal power plants.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard a report from First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal on the state of the power grid following the Russian attacks.

At the initiative of the Ministry of Energy, the government has adopted a decision to ensure a more efficient distribution of electricity. Lists of critical facilities will now be compiled separately for the winter and summer periods.

As a result of Russian shelling of energy infrastructure, as of the morning of August 3, some consumers in six regions of Ukraine were temporarily without power.

On July 28–29, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ unmanned aerial vehicle units struck 10 more energy facilities in the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea, Kherson Oblast, and Luhansk Oblast.

Over the past 48 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ unmanned systems have struck 19 energy facilities in the temporarily occupied territories, including 17 in Crimea.