{"id":1314411,"date":"2026-02-24T12:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1314411"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:27:36","slug":"russia-has-attacked-ukraine-s-energy-system-5-796-times-in-four-years-shmyhal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-has-attacked-ukraine-s-energy-system-5-796-times-in-four-years-shmyhal\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Has Attacked Ukraine\u2019s Energy System 5,796 Times in Four Years \u2014 Shmyhal"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Over four years of full-scale war, Russia has carried out <strong>5,796 attacks<\/strong> against Ukraine\u2019s energy system, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n   <p>This was reported by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal.<\/p>\n   <p>\u201c5,796 attacks have been carried out by the enemy against our energy system. And after every shelling, energy workers returned to their shifts to repair everything as quickly as possible and restore electricity and heat to Ukrainian families \u2014 despite the \u043c\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0437 and ongoing attacks,\u201d he wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n   <p>\u201cUnfortunately, 247 energy workers were killed in the line of duty. They fought for light,\u201d Shmyhal said.<\/p>\n   <p>He noted that in order to break the Ukrainian people, Russia launched terror against civilians, with the energy sector becoming one of the primary targets from the very beginning of the invasion.<\/p>\n   <p>According to the minister, \u201cthe enemy planned to plunge us into darkness and cold, but underestimated the professionalism of Ukrainian energy workers.\u201d<\/p>\n   <p>Earlier, it was reported that the total need for restoration and modernization of the energy sector over the next ten years amounts to <strong>$90.6 billion<\/strong>. Of that sum, <strong>$71 billion (almost 80%)<\/strong> is required for the restoration and modernization of generation capacity.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/emmanuel-macron-this-war-has-become-a-triple-failure-for-russia\/\">Emmanuel Macron: This War Has Become a Triple Failure for Russia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over four years of full-scale war, Russia has carried out 5,796 attacks &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1314412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,55],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1314411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-ukraine-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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