Denys Shmyhal

Force in Play

Appointed January 14, 2026

Ukraine started the war with 38 GW of power generation capacity; By January 2026, capacity had fallen to 11 gigawatts against 18 gigawatts of demand.. Winter demand hit 18 GW on January 15, 2026. Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal told parliament on January 16 that 'not a single power plant left in Ukraine' has escaped Russian attack.

Updated Yesterday

Force in Play

Said the Nov. 3 attack involved 289 drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles, and that drones targeted a substation critical to the Khmelnytskyi nuclear plant

Russia fired 310 drones at Ukraine overnight into Nov. 4, hitting energy facilities in Kyiv and Zhytomyr and cutting power and water across the capital region. Ukraine's air force said it downed or electronically suppressed 272 of them, with strikes recorded at 19 locations.

Updated 7 days ago