Ukraine has passed the winter and successfully completed the heating season despite Russian attacks - minister

Ukraine successfully passed the winter despite Russia's attempts to destroy the energy system, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on social media on Saturday, UNN writes.

Ukraine successfully completed the heating season, despite numerous attempts by Russia to destroy our energy system. This was achieved, in particular, due to the accumulation of sufficient resources.

According to the minister:

• we entered the autumn-winter period with gas reserves of 13.2 billion cubic meters. Gas imports amounted to more than 4.6 billion cubic meters;
• in 2025, Ukrainian gas production amounted to 16.97 billion cubic meters. This is 2.4 billion cubic meters more than predicted. The private sector showed an increase of more than 14%;
• 52 tons of liquefied gas were delivered to vulnerable categories of citizens in Sumy and Kherson regions within the framework of an experimental project;
• the capacity of the Trans-Balkan corridor was increased to 4.2 billion cubic meters of gas per year;
• all 9 nuclear power plant units operated with a total installed capacity of 7835 MW;
• the possibility for electricity imports from the EU was increased. The maximum electricity import capacity was a record 2450 MW. In total, about 3.6 billion kWh of electricity was imported in December-February;
• during the winter, the country had sufficient coal reserves. 2.4 million tons of coal were accumulated, which is 0.8 million tons more than planned.

Shmyhal also announced a change in the "coordination format to effectively prepare for the next heating season."

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