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Ukraine's power imports rocketed in October amid Russian attacks, analyst says
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on November 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on November 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Ukraine's electricity imports surged to 360 MWh in October amid intensified Russian attacks, with imports mainly from Hungary and Poland.
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine, whose power system has come under continued drone and missile attacks by Russia, boosted its electricity imports to a this-year high of 360 megawatt hours in October, the Ukrainian ExPro consultancy said late on Monday.
Ukrainian power imports stood at 140 Mwh in September and 264 MWh in August.
Ukrainian officials say Russia has sharply intensified attacks on Ukrainian power facilities, causing blackouts in many regions.
ExPro said Ukraine had imported power mostly from Hungary and Poland.
Ukraine can import no more than 2,100 MW per hour of electricity from EU states simultaneously, but the head of the Ukrainian power grid operator said on Tuesday the country was currently utilising 30% to 50% of this capacity.
"There is a possibility for import and it is significant," Vitalii Zaichenko said on national television.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Thomas Derpinghaus)
Electricity import refers to the process of purchasing electricity from another country to meet domestic demand. This is often necessary when local production is insufficient.
Renewable energy is energy generated from natural resources that are replenished over short periods, such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric power.
A power grid is a network of transmission lines, substations, transformers, and more that deliver electricity from power plants to consumers.
Blackouts are temporary interruptions in the electrical supply, often caused by high demand, equipment failure, or damage to the power grid.
Electricity capacity refers to the maximum output that a power plant or grid can produce or transmit at any given time.
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