Russia has damaged over 63,000 energy facilities in Ukraine during three years of war.

Over the three years of war, more than 63 thousand energy infrastructure facilities have been damaged, and only in 2024, massive strikes and daily targeted shelling of energy facilities led to a loss of about 10 GW of generating capacity. This was reported by 'Glavkom' citing the head of the Ministry of Energy Herman Halushchenko.According to him, the autumn-winter period of 2024/2025 was the most challenging for Ukraine's energy sector since the beginning of Russia's invasion.

Despite experts' predictions of blackouts and prolonged power outages, Ukraine has already gone through its third winter in wartime with light and heat. Blackouts and long outages – everything experts predicted did not happen. Contrary to apocalyptic forecasts, the energy system withstood. There were no mass outages for household consumers, despite the high intensity of massive and daily targeted strikes on energy facilities. Even after the most extensive strikes, energy suppliers quickly restored power supply – and within a few days, there were no restrictions. And since January, there have been no electricity supply restrictions for the population at all. This is the result of colossal work, professionalism, and incredible resilience.

Halushchenko stated that during the heating season, there were 9 massive attacks on Ukraine's energy system, from November 17, 2024, to March 2025. The most powerful occurred on December 13, when over 300 energy facilities were attacked simultaneously. Two weeks later, on December 25, another attack of similar scale happened. However, electricity supply was fully restored within three days.

Despite the intensity of the strikes, energy workers managed to restore about 60% of the damaged generation. All nine power units of Ukrainian nuclear power plants operated at full capacity. Since December 2024, the maximum capacity for electricity imports from the European Union has been increased to 2.1 GW. This decision by partners has become critical for stabilizing the system during peak loads.

The head of the Ministry of Energy also noted that the adaptation of Ukrainian energy legislation to European standards continues and work is actively underway to unite the energy markets of Ukraine and the EU.It is worth noting that in recent days, Ukraine has been severely attacked by Russia, with 55 drone strikes, most of which were modified 'Shaheds.' Russia specifically targeted Dnipro and Kharkiv, as well as communities in the Sumy and Donetsk regions.