Naftogaz
Naftogaz is a Ukrainian state-owned oil and gas company and one of the largest in the country. It is involved in the extraction, transportation and sale of natural gas and oil, as well as the storage of gas in underground facilities. Its headquarters are in Kyiv. The company is owned by the state through the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
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Russian strike hits Naftogaz gas facility in Poltava region, operations suspended
Russia attacked a Naftogaz gas production facility in Poltava Oblast overnight on October 15, 2026, suspending operations and causing a fire and equipment damage. Acting CEO Serhiy Fedorenko said no staff were injured because personnel were in a shelter during the strike. The attack comes days after a similar strike on Naftogaz infrastructure in Kharkiv Oblast, and as the company faces a sharp escalation in assaults on its energy assets.
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German Chancellor Merz makes surprise Kyiv visit, announces €1.3+ billion support package and 15 bilateral agreements
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv by special train on 4 October for an unannounced solidarity visit, accompanied by Economy Minister Katherina Reiche and roughly ten business leaders from the defence and energy sectors. He and President Volodymyr Zelensky honoured fallen Ukrainian defenders at the memorial on Maidan Nezalezhnosti, visited the National Academy of Sciences building hit by a Russian drone on 28 September, and announced a new German support package worth more than €1.3 billion alongside 15 bilateral agreements valued at over €8.5 billion. Merz called on Vladimir Putin to stop the war and announced that Germany, France and the UK would host a Coalition of the Willing meeting in Berlin in winter.
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Ukraine's Sybiha rebukes Hungary's Magyar over 'Carpathian Eight' refusal and oil-storage rejection
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha publicly criticised Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar on X for refusing to join Ukraine's "Carpathian Eight" regional initiative and blocking construction of oil storage facilities on Hungarian territory for Ukraine's needs. Sybiha called Magyar's remarks "unreasonably confrontational" and likened them to former prime minister Viktor Orbán's policies. Magyar and Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán pushed back, with Magyar citing a sovereignty objection and Anita Orbán rejecting the Orbán comparison.
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Norway to allocate 1 billion kroner through EU's Ukraine Facility, first non-EU contributor
Norway announced on September 17 that it will allocate 1 billion Norwegian kroner (approximately 90–92 million euros) through the EU's Ukraine Facility mechanism to support Ukraine's state budget and reforms in anti-corruption and energy. Norway becomes the first non-EU country to contribute to the mechanism. The announcement was made during European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos's visit to Norway.
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Zelensky orders return of asset declarations for rear-echelon security officials, signs call-center fraud law
On 16 September 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the preparation of a decision to reinstate mandatory asset declarations for law enforcement officers and Security Forces members who are not at war, in a scope sufficient to monitor their property and lifestyle. In the same address he signed a law introducing criminal liability for fraudulent call centers and ordered a vetting of all heads of central executive bodies, citing high corruption risks at the tax service, ARMA, and various inspectorates.
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Russian drones hit two Kyiv petrol stations, killing two civilians
Russian drone strikes on the morning of September 11 hit two Ukrnafta petrol stations in Kyiv's Dnipro and Obolon districts, killing two people and injuring several others. The Obolon station was hit twice. It was the second consecutive day of strikes on Ukrnafta fuel sites in the capital.