TAG: Energy infrastructure
US urges Ukraine to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, report says
The U.S. has pressed Ukraine to halt drone strikes on Russian energy facilities, fearing that it could provoke massive retaliation and drive up global oil prices.In recent months, Kyiv has ramped up its strikes against Russian energy infrastructure, hitti...
6 months ago
Sweden drops Nord Stream sabotage probe
Sweden is ending its investigation into the mysterious explosions that blew up the undersea Nord Stream pipelines after concluding the country's courts do not have jurisdiction over the case. In a statement issued Wednesday, Swedish prosecutor Mats Ljungq...
6 months ago
Macron bets on investments and fraternité to charm Lula in first visit to Brazil
BELÉM, Brazil — “You can do business without necessarily having trade agreements,” French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters bombarding him with questions on why he so adamantly opposes an EU trade deal with Brazil and other South American countries...
6 months ago
Russian ‘scorched earth’ missile attack damages power plants in Ukraine
KYIV — Russian forces unleashed 99 missiles and drones in a fourth massive attack against Ukrainian energy infrastructure in the past 10 days. Three fossil fuel-fired power plants were seriously damaged, Ukrainian energy company DTEK said in a statement.“...
6 months ago
Putin bombards Ukraine but US tells Kyiv to stop targeting Russian oil
KYIV — Russia launched a huge barrage of missiles and drones at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, leaving several cities without electricity and damaging the Dnipro hydropower plant, Ukraine's biggest dam.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy s...
6 months ago
Help us build wind farms to beat Russian bombs, Ukraine tells EU
Building more green energy plants will help Ukraine keep the lights on as Russia bombards the country's power system, the head of the country’s largest private energy firm told POLITICO. But Ukraine needs the EU to do that.In an interview, DTEK CEO Maksym...
6 months ago
6 countries move to protect the North Sea from Russians
Six countries bordering the North Sea signed an agreement on Tuesday to protect critical underwater infrastructure from foreign sabotage and attacks.The agreement — signed by Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom and Denmark — aims...
6 months ago
EU energy supplies targeted in Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
Russia's latest missile attack on Ukraine hit energy infrastructure used to supply the European Union with natural gas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.Ukraine's energy system was struck by 34 Russian rockets in a "massive missile attack" on...
5 months ago
Russia unleashes ‘massive attack’ on Ukraine energy facilities
Ukrainian energy facilities came under a “massive attack" from Russia overnight, the Ukraine energy ministry said on Saturday, describing it as the eighth time Russia has launched an assault on energy infrastructure in the past three months.“The situation...
2 months ago
US unveils $1.5B in new energy, humanitarian aid for Ukraine
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Saturday a new $1.5 billion aid package for Ukraine, focused primarily on the war-torn country's energy sector and humanitarian assistance.Harris unveiled the package while attending a two-day Ukraine peace s...
2 months ago
‘Massive’ drone attack hits Russia’s Lipetsk region, as fierce fighting continues in Kursk
Authorities in Russia's western Lipetsk region declared a state of emergency and evacuated four villages in the early hours of Friday morning after a "massive attack" by Ukrainian drones, the local governor said, as Kyiv's forces continue their push into...
2 months ago
How Ed Miliband became Britain’s most divisive government minister
LONDON — Six weeks on from Labour’s resounding election victory, no one in Keir Starmer’s Cabinet has moved quite as quickly as Ed Miliband. A former (failed) Labour leader, who critics deemed too left-wing and awkward to win over the British public, Mil...
2 months ago
Ukraine doubles down on Russian reactors in nuclear power push
Ukraine will push forward with controversial plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on aging Russian-made nuclear reactors despite growing opposition from lawmakers, the country's energy minister said, amid warnings of a major power crisis this wi...
1 month ago
Ukraine to EU: You can still store gas with us despite Russian attacks
Ukraine's vast natural gas storage facilities can still offer Europe a lifeline this winter even as Russian bombs target the sites, the head of the country's national energy company told POLITICO.In an interview, Naftogaz CEO Oleksiy Chernyshov said Ukrai...
1 month ago