January saw Ukraine import record amount of electricity since war's start

Alyona Kyrychenko - 2 February, 16:00

Overhead power lines. Photo: Getty Images

Ukraine hit a record monthly electricity import total this January, exceeding 894,000 MWh.

Source: calculations from ExPro Electricity, a Ukrainian market intelligence and analytics provider

Details: ExPro Electricity emphasised that this was the highest level of electricity imports since the full-scale war began.

According to the analysis, electricity imports increased by 40% compared to December 2025. Hungary continues to account for the largest share, at 45%.

Overall, supplies rose from all directions except Moldova. In addition, a record daily import level of 41,900 MWh was recorded in January.

ExPro Electricity noted that there were no electricity exports in January 2026. Overall, exports have been completely absent since 11 November 2025.

Background: Ukraine's Ministry of Energy reported that in January, the country imported a record daily volume of 41.9 GWh of electricity from the EU.

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