DTEK Group

Force in Play

Endured 230+ attacks since Feb 2022; facilities hit repeatedly in Feb 2026 strikes amid ongoing campaign[3]

Russia intensified its energy warfare campaign throughout January and early February 2026, launching sustained strikes that killed at least 13 people and left 1.2 million properties without power, before President Donald Trump brokered a brief pause that expired on February 1. Following the January 9 and 13 attacks that deployed over 500 drones and missiles, Russia unleashed barrages on January 24-25 and February 2-3, 24-26, and others using hundreds of drones and missiles—including rare ballistic missiles—targeting power plants, substations, and nuclear-linked infrastructure in regions like Kharkiv, Odesa, Kyiv, and western Ukraine, causing repeated blackouts for tens of thousands amid subzero temperatures and reducing generation capacity to 14 gigawatts (GW)—less than half pre-invasion levels.

Updated Feb 27

Force in Play

Primary target of Russian infrastructure attacks

Russian drone operators watched a bus full of miners leaving their shift in Ternivka on February 1, 2026, deliberately striking the civilian vehicle and killing 15 despite recognizing it as non-military. The attack on the exact day a Trump-brokered pause expired drew international condemnation, including from EU Ambassador Katarina Mathernova who questioned if explosions and dead civilians represent a ceasefire. Russia then escalated with 171 drones and a missile on February 2, followed by massive barrages of over 400 drones/missiles on February 6-7 and February 9, killing at least 18 more civilians including a mother and child in Kharkiv. Most recently, on February 11-12, Russia launched 244 total missiles and drones targeting energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, and Kharkiv, injuring at least 7 civilians and leaving over 107,000 residents without power amid freezing temperatures.

Updated Feb 12

Force in Play

Infrastructure hit in 10th mass strike since October 2025, over 220 total attacks

Russia began systematically targeting Ukraine's power grid in October 2022. By early February 2026, after a brief U.S.-brokered pause ended on February 2, Russia launched its largest energy strikes of the year—over 70 missiles and 450 drones—hitting thermal plants in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Odesa regions amid temperatures near -20°C, leaving over 1,000 Kyiv buildings without heat and power; strikes continued with a massive February 6-7 barrage (39 missiles, 408 drones) damaging DTEK plants (10th attack since October) and substations critical to nuclear power, blacking out 600,000 in Lviv.

Updated Feb 11

Force in Play

Main private energy producer heavily targeted by Russian strikes

Since October 2022, Russia has waged a parallel war on Ukraine's electricity, heating and transport systems, launching repeated waves of missiles and drones at power plants, high-voltage substations, rail hubs and ports. The campaign has dramatically intensified in the winter of 2025–26, with near-daily massive barrages destroying 70% of Ukraine's generating capacity and forcing the government to declare a formal energy emergency on January 15, 2026. The grid now meets only 60% of national electricity needs, leaving millions without heat or power amid temperatures as low as minus 20°C.

Updated Jan 21

Built World

Repairing and replacing destroyed generation while lobbying for air defenses and equipment

Russia didn’t just strike Ukraine overnight. It tried to turn the lights off on a whole region. Ukrainian officials say more than 450 drones and about 30 missiles slammed energy and port infrastructure, pushing Odesa and surrounding areas into blackout.

Updated Dec 13, 2025