Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez said that Spain will transfer six generators with a total capacity of 6.3 megawatts to Ukraine. They are capable of providing electricity to 14,000 people.
This is stated in a press release from the Spanish Foreign Ministry.
According to the minister, these are three high-power generators and three medium-power generators that the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) purchased for immediate shipment to Ukraine through the European Civil Protection Mechanism.
This power equipment can provide electricity to 14 thousand people and has a total capacity of 6.3 megawatts.
“Just three months ago, in October 2025, in anticipation of the cold winter, we shipped 70 smaller generators. We did the same in early 2025 and in previous years. However, given the unprecedented attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, this is the largest batch to date in terms of total capacity,” said Albarez.
Situation in the energy system of Ukraine
Since January 14, on the instructions of President Volodymyr Zelensky, a state of emergency has been in effect in Ukraine's energy sector amid Russian strikes and worsening weather conditions.
On January 19, Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga instructed all foreign diplomatic institutions of Ukraine to initiate urgent fundraising to support the energy sector.
On January 23, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal reported that the situation in the energy system is the most difficult since the start of the full-scale war. According to him, more than 50,000 specialists are involved in repairs, and the state is strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure with air defense and electronic warfare means.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko reported on the same day that international partners had announced their intention to provide Ukraine with new assistance packages, which would include over 6,000 units of large energy equipment to stabilize the system.
In turn, the Deputy Prime Minister for Recovery – Minister of Community and Territorial Development stated that Ukraine received more than 700 units of energy equipment with a capacity of about one gigawatt from partners.
On the morning of January 31, a technological disruption occurred in the Ukrainian power system, causing a cascade of outages in the power grid and subsequent activation of automatic protections at substations. A number of regions, as well as Kyiv, were left without electricity and water supply.
The Ministry of Digital Affairs stated that the accident in Ukraine's power system was not caused by a cyberattack.
In the evening of the same day, Shmyhal announced that energy workers had restored electricity supply in all regions of Ukraine after a large-scale system accident, and the regions were gradually returning to the planned power system operation schedules.