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Ukraine keeps power imports at high level amid Russian attacks, analyst says
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Ukraine's electricity imports rose to 415 MWh in November amid intensified Russian attacks on power facilities, causing widespread blackouts.
KYIV, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine, whose energy sector is under daily Russian missile attack, boosted its electricity imports for the second month in a row to 415 megawatt hours in November from 360 megawatt hours in October, analyst ExPro said on Tuesday.
Ukrainian power imports stood at 140 Mwh in September and 264 MWh in August. Power imports rose by 150% versus November last year, ExPro added.
Ukrainian officials say Russia, whose full-scale invasion of Ukraine is approaching the four-year mark, has sharply intensified attacks on Ukrainian power facilities, causing blackouts in many regions.
The latest Russian attack on Saturday left around 500,000 people without power in the capital Kyiv alone.
ExPro said Ukraine had imported power mostly from Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Moldova.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; editing by Mark Heinrich)
Electricity import refers to the purchase of electrical power from another country to meet domestic demand. This is often necessary when local production is insufficient.
A megawatt hour (MWh) is a unit of energy equivalent to one megawatt of power used for one hour. It is commonly used to measure electricity production and consumption.
A missile attack involves the use of missiles to strike a target, often causing destruction and damage. In the context of warfare, it can target military or civilian infrastructure.
Blackouts are temporary losses of electrical power in a specific area. They can occur due to various reasons, including damage to power infrastructure or high demand exceeding supply.
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