‘Hello, darkness, my old friend’.
Ukraine’s energy sector is living under extreme circumstances, as the constant Russian drone and missile attacks wreak havoc in the country’s power generation and transmission.
The biggest private energy provider is living in permanent crisis, according to its chief executive.
BBC reported:
“Most of Ukraine is suffering from lengthy power cuts as temperatures drop and Maxim Timchenko, whose company DTEK provides power for 5.6 million Ukrainians, says the intensity of strikes has been so frequent ‘we just don’t have time to recover’.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Russia knew the winter cold could become one of its most dangerous weapons.”
⚡️ DARKNESS in Kiev
Blackouts for 12-14 hours per day now, Ukrainian media reports
Ukraine’s power grid is CLAPPED OUT after heavy Russian strikes pic.twitter.com/ZZo3PGcT3Z
— RT (@RT_com) November 10, 2025
He says Russia has repeatedly struck DTEK’s energy grid with ‘waves of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles”.
“About 50% of Ukraine’s energy is currently supplied by three large nuclear power plants in central and western Ukraine. But the network that transfers that power has been severely damaged.”
Grateful to @bealejonathan and @BBCWorld in Kyiv for alerting the world to Ukraine’s energy crisis. The intensity of russian attacks is incomparable with anything we’ve seen before, but so are the efforts of our teams. This week alone, DTEK workers across five regions restored…
— Maxim Timchenko (@TimchenkoMaxim) December 16, 2025
Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov announced the result of the attacks on the energy sector:
Russian Defense Minister Belousov:
More than 70% of thermal power plants and over 37% of hydroelectric power plants in Ukraine have been put out of operation. pic.twitter.com/Cz9UsmNYtg
— Clash Report (@clashreport) December 17, 2025
⚡️ 500,000 Kiev citizens lose power — Energy Ministry
Kharkov suffers complete blackout with little power
But will Zelensky lose it? pic.twitter.com/kht3qXKwVf
— RT (@RT_com) November 29, 2025
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