Key facts
- Russia has attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure more than 350 times since September.
- Over 800 pieces of energy equipment have been damaged.
- Ukraine is installing gas-engine power plants to add 60 megawatts of capacity.
Russia has carried out more than 350 attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since September, damaging over 800 pieces of equipment, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday. The strikes are increasing pressure on the country’s power system as the heating season approaches. Ukraine is stepping up efforts to protect energy facilities while expanding generation capacity to reduce the impact of further attacks. Shmyhal stated that damaged equipment included facilities at substations and power generation sites. He noted that a second level of physical protection had been built for 235 transformers, with only one protected piece of equipment being hit by a ballistic missile in the past six months.