In January-July 2025, DTEK Networks distribution system operators (DSOs) performed more than 57,000 repairs in 0.4 kV distribution networks without power outages, accounting for more than 60% of all work on this type of network.
“Since the beginning of 2025, DTEK Networks DSO specialists have carried out over 57,000 repairs using modern methods without disconnecting customers. This is 30% more than in the same period last year. We invest in training our energy specialists and modern equipment so that our customers receive quality service,” DTEK Networks reported, citing the company’s CEO Alina Bondarenko.
According to her, this technology is especially critical in the fall and winter, when the number of accidents can increase due to enemy actions and weather conditions.
“However, this technology will allow families to not notice how energy workers are repairing the networks,” Bondarenko added.
As explained by the company, the technology for working on power equipment and power lines without disconnecting customers is used in leading European countries, and from 2021 it will be gradually introduced in DTEK Networks.
According to the company, of the 57,400 repairs carried out from January to August this year on 0.4 kV networks (overhead power lines and metering cabinets) without power outages, 24,000 were carried out in the Odesa region, 23,800 repairs in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 6,900 in the Kyiv region, and 2,500 in the capital.
The training of power engineers to perform work without power outages lasts up to three months. It takes place at special training grounds. For safe work, DTEK Networks provides employees with protective clothing and special equipment: rubber gloves, helmets, dielectric mats, and other means.
In 2025, 448 employees mastered the technology of working on distribution networks, and in total, more than 1,700 DTEK Networks specialists can work using this method.
The company is gradually expanding the list of works that can be performed without disconnecting customers and plans to scale this approach in the future.
DTEK Networks develops its business in electricity distribution and power grid operation in Kyiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Odesa regions. The operating holding’s distribution system operators serve 5.1 million households and 150,000 businesses.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a financing package under which NPC Ukrenergo will be allocated EUR 372 million to support urgent repair of damage caused by Russian bombing of civil energy infrastructure.
According to the bank’s press release, the company will be provided with a state-guaranteed loan of EUR 300 million, as well as a grant of EUR 72 million from the Netherlands.
In particular, EUR 150 million is provided for the purchase of equipment for emergency recovery work, another EUR 150 million is provided for the support of the capital structure of the NPC. Separately, part of the emergency repair loan will be supplemented by a grant from the Netherlands.
“This will be blended into a single EUR 372 million package to support the immediate transmission infrastructure restoration needs of Ukrenergo,” the EBRD said.
The Bank says that EBRD investments in Ukraine are made with the support of donors and partners. The United States of America, which has contributed $500 million to the EBRD’s Crisis Response Fund and is strongly committed to addressing to the impact of the war on Ukraine, will support up to 50 per cent of the EBRD’s loan with a funded guarantee.
“Urgent repairs on Ukraine’s electricity network is an immediate priority for the EBRD. The Ukrainian people and businesses need continued access to electricity to go through the winter. With this important financing, we will help Ukrenergo perform swift emergency repairs of damaged equipment, high voltage substations and transmission lines. It will ensure the continued provision of vital power transmission services during the heating season for Ukrainian households, businesses and communities,” said EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso.
“The EBRD condemns in the strongest possible way the unprovoked and unjustified Russia-led war on Ukraine and especially the strikes on civilian infrastructure,” the message reads.
JSC Ukrzaliznytsia in January-November 2020 updated 11,903 freight cars, most of all high-sided cars were repaired – 5,953 units.
According to the press service of the company, 773 platforms, 479 covered wagons, 563 tanks, 1,066 grain carriers, 411 cement carriers, 468 hopper dispensers were also repaired during this period.
As reported, Ukrzaliznytsia in 2021 plans to allocate 3 times more funds compared to 2020 for renovation, overhaul, modernization of rolling stock and infrastructure construction.
The State Automobile Roads Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) has begun repair work on the ten-kilometer section of the T-16-07 Izmail-Kiliya-Vilkove national road.
Ukravtodor said in its Telegram channel that work is already underway to break up the old road surface and equip the base with crushed stone-sand mixture.
The contractor for the repair work on the site is Rostdorstroy LLC.
Ukravtodor said that under the Big Construction program it is planned to restore 194 km of roads in Odesa region in 2020.
RDS Group is included in the top three road construction companies of Ukraine. It includes Kyivshliakhbud” and Rostdorstroy.
The core business is construction, reconstruction and maintenance of roads and bridges, construction of airfield complexes.
The ultimate beneficial owners of RDS Group are Ukrainian citizens Yuriy Shumakher and Yevhen Konovalov.
IZMAIL, KYIVSHLIAKHBUD, RDS, REPAIRS, ROAD, ROSTDORSTROY, UKRAVTODOR, VILKOVE
As of Tuesday, June 23, road construction is carried out on 3,000 kilometers of Ukrainian roads, namely, some 224 objects in 23 regions of Ukraine.
The State Automobile Roads Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) said on its Telegram channel on Tuesday that more than 500 kilometers of roads are currently being commissioned.
Ukravtodor said that in 2020, under the Big Construction project, it is planned to repair 4,200 kilometers of public roads. The total budget is UAH 90.2 billion.
“Currently, construction works are being carried out on 2,816 kilometers of roads through financing from the Road Fund, the national budget and loans. Construction works on 189 kilometers are being continued at the expense of international financial institutions. In addition, tender procedures have been announced for repairing 1,413 kilometers of roads, we are awaiting the conclusion of the main number of contracts in the coming weeks,” the agency said.
The State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) has begun road repair and construction work at 118 sites in 18 regions, Head of Ukravtodor Oleksandr Kubrakov said on his Facebook page.
He noted that 100 objects are funded by the State Road Fund and 18 in the framework of cooperation between Ukravtodor and international financial organizations.
“Mostly preparatory work is being done at this stage, but, for example, asphalt is already laid on roads H-30 and H-09,” he added.
Other facilities, he said, are still at the public procurement stage. In 2020, some 289 tenders were announced, the total expected cost is UAH 28 billion.
