Ukraine’s electrical energy import elevated greater than fivefold in 2024 to 4.4 million megawatt-hours (MWh), ExPro consulting firm’s electrical energy monitoring information confirmed on Jan. 2.

Russia has been finishing up huge campaigns of aerial assaults in opposition to Ukraine's vitality infrastructure since late 2022. The damages have triggered critical vitality deficits and necessitated the introduction of rolling blackouts throughout the nation, generally lasting 20 hours.

Russia additionally occupies Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant, the most important nuclear energy plant in Europe.

The height of imports this yr occurred in June, when Ukraine obtained greater than 850,000 MWh.

Over the past yr, Hungary accounted for 39% of the imports, adopted by Slovakia with 23% and Romania at 18%, and Poland – 14%, information confirmed.

Ukraine grew to become a web importer of electrical energy, exporting solely 366,000 MWh in 2024.

Russia additionally focused substations very important for the operation of the three remaining Ukraine-run nuclear energy vegetation: Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, and South Ukraine, intensifying the pressure on the nation’s nuclear energy vegetation, which provide two-thirds of its electrical energy.

Specialists warn that disrupting energy to those amenities might result in extreme security dangers.

The Worldwide Financial Fund estimated the injury to Ukraine’s energy grid on account of Russian assaults to cumulate as excessive as $56.5 billion by mid-2024.