From September 28 to October 4, 2026, emergency repair crews of the DTEK energy company carried out large-scale work to restore damaged infrastructure. As a result of the specialists' prompt intervention, power supply was fully or partially resumed in nearly 400 settlements across Ukraine affected by regular enemy attacks.
Scale and Geography of Restoration Works
According to official company data, over the past week, access to electricity was regained by almost 600,000 Ukrainian families living in four different regions of the country, as well as in the capital. The intensity of attacks on critical infrastructure remains high, yet repair teams continue to work around the clock to eliminate the consequences of destruction.
Coordination with the Military and Rescuers
As DTEK emphasizes, a key factor in the promptness of repairs is close cooperation with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the State Emergency Service. Energy workers begin inspecting and restoring power lines and distribution substations only after receiving official permission and confirming safe access to damaged sites.
Contradictory Data
It is worth noting that discrepancies in estimates of weekly restoration volumes have been recorded in the information space and various specialized media. While official DTEK reports speak of 600,000 families reconnected from September 28 to October 4, some independent monitoring outlets cited alternative figures ranging from 300,000 to nearly 900,000 families, which may be due to different time intervals or aggregated regional metrics.
Long-Term Planning and General Dynamics
The past week continued a tense month for the energy sector. Notably, in September 2026 alone, Rinat Akhmetov's DTEK energy workers restored power to more than 3 million families. Furthermore, despite ongoing wartime challenges, DTEK distribution system operators are actively implementing innovations, using digital network twins to develop five-year infrastructure development plans in Kyiv, as well as the Kyiv, Odesa, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
