As of mid-September 2025, the Unified Register of Debtors recorded 788,507 proceedings for non-payment of utility services. This is 13% more than in July 2024. Most often, Ukrainians owe for heat and water, writes UNN with reference to "Opendatabot" data.
A record 788,000 utility debts have been recorded in Ukraine as of mid-September 2025, according to the Unified Register of Debtors. This is 13% more than in July 2024.
It is stated that overall, since the beginning of the full-scale war, debts have increased by 1.5 times. At the same time, the largest number of debtors is in the frontline regions: in Dnipropetrovsk region - 150,506 or 19% of all proceedings. Kharkiv region is in second place - 128,217 (16%), followed by Donetsk region - 81,536 (10%), Poltava region - 57,605 (7%) and Zaporizhzhia region - 53,797 (7%).
"The lion's share of debts concerns heat supply - 330,236 cases (42%). This is followed by debts for water - 162,455 (21%) and housing services - 96,265 (12%). There are also significant debts for energy supply (87,708) and gas (75,522)," the analysts added.
Most often, women are in debt - 438.3 thousand proceedings (56%) have been opened against them, while against men - 350.1 thousand (44%).
It is also stated that "the main burden of utility debts falls on people aged 46-60 - 302.8 thousand proceedings (38%)".
In second place is the 36-45 age group with 194.7 thousand proceedings (25%). Almost the same number of debts are among people over 60 - 194.1 thousand (25%).