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Ukraine
EBRD, Norway Provide $150M to Naftogaz to Purchase Gas
Ukraine’s state company Naftogaz needs to purchase gas for the next heating season, and Norway is helping.
March 28, 2025
Energy
Russian Gas Production Decreased 7.3% in January-February
Russian media said the ending of gas transit through Ukraine, unseasonal warm weather, and a decrease in demand from energy-intensive industries was responsible.
March 28, 2025
War in Ukraine
Russia Says Ukraine Fired Again at Its Energy Sites
Russian Defence Ministry said Ukraine fired rockets at the Sudzha gas metering station in the Kursk region as well as 19 drones at the Saratov oil refinery in central Russia.
March 28, 2025
Ukraine
Russia Accuses Kyiv of Targeting Energy Sites Wednesday and Thursday
A senior Ukrainian official told AFP that Kyiv and Moscow had not hit each other’s energy facilities since Tuesday, the day the White House announced agreements reached at talks in Saudi Arabia.
March 27, 2025
War in Ukraine
No Ukrainian or Russian Strikes on Energy Sites Since March 25: Senior Kyiv Official
Washington had said Tuesday that both Kyiv and Moscow agreed separately to “develop measures for implementing” a halt on strikes on energy infrastructure.
March 27, 2025
Energy
Ukrainian Entrepreneur Invests $85 Million Stake in Energy Storage
Igor Mazepa swoops in on high gas demand in Ukraine, founding a new energy-generating company and buying an ex-Chinese one.
March 27, 2025
Ukraine
Ukraine, US Spell Out Terms for Energy Truce at Odds with Russia’s Proposal
Russia has allegedly reached a separate agreement with the US and proposed a different set of energy facilities that should not be targeted as part of a partial ceasefire.
March 26, 2025
War in Ukraine
Germany Seizes Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker With Oil Worth €40M
Germany confiscated a Russian-linked tanker carrying 100,000 tons of oil worth €40M, as part of EU sanctions targeting Moscow’s shadow fleet.
March 21, 2025
War in Ukraine
Kremlin Says Putin Order Not to Hit Ukraine Energy Targets Still ‘In Force’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Moscow was continuing to hit energy facilities anyway and that nothing had changed, “despite Putin’s words”.
March 21, 2025
Ukraine
Trump Eyes Control Over Ukrainian Nuclear Plants in High-Stakes Rare Earth Deal
During the latest phone call, Trump reportedly told Zelensky that “American ownership” of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants would be the “best protection” for them.
March 21, 2025
Energy
Key Russian Gas Hub Supplying Europe Ablaze as Kyiv and Moscow Trade Blame
Officials have not confirmed the cause, but pro-war Russian Telegram channels accuse Ukraine of an attack.
Updated: March 21, 2025
War in Ukraine
Zelensky Plays Down Prospect of US Ownership of Ukraine Nuclear Plants
Trump’s tone on Wednesday was positive after the Zelensky call, during which he “discussed Ukraine’s electrical supply and nuclear power plants”
March 20, 2025
War in Ukraine
Russian Strikes Hit Ukraine Mere Hours After Trump-Putin Ceasefire Talks
Hours after Trump and Putin negotiated a ceasefire on energy strikes, Russia bombed Slovyansk’s power grid, hit homes in Kramatorsk, and targeted hospitals in the Sumy region.
Updated: March 19, 2025
Zelensky
Zelensky Accuses Kremlin of Rejecting Ceasefire as Explosions Rock Ukraine After Trump-Putin Call
Despite this agreement, explosions shook Ukraine just hours after Trump and Putin spoke, and air raid sirens sounded across the country.
March 19, 2025
War in Ukraine
Russian Drone Attack Cuts Power in Central Ukraine
Kyiv and Moscow have recently escalated cross-border drone and missile attacks despite a US-led proposal for a 30-day ceasefire to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
March 18, 2025
Energy
Ukrainian Gas Entrepreneur Invested $7M in a Gallery With Banksy and Marchuk Works
Ukrainian Gas Entrepreneur Zinoviy Kozytskyy opened a new art gallery in Lviv, paying an extra $2 million as collateral for leased artworks, including Banksy’s “Woman in a Gas Mask.”
March 18, 2025