Ukraine’sEnergySecurityandtheComingWinterAnenergyactionplanforUkraineanditspartnersTheIEAexaminesthefullspectrumofenergyissuesincludingoil,gasandcoalsupplyanddemand,renewableenergytechnologies,electricitymarkets,energyefficiency,accesstoenergy,demandsidemanagementandmuchmore.Throughitswork,theIEAadvocatespoliciesthatwillenhancethereliability,affordabilityandsustainabilityofenergyinits31membercountries,13associationcountriesandbeyond.Thispublicationandanymapincludedhereinarewithoutprejudicetothestatusoforsovereigntyoveranyterritory,tothedelimitationofinternationalfrontiersandboundariesandtothenameofanyterritory,cityorarea.Source:IEA.InternationalEnergyAgencyWebsite:www.iea.orgIEAmembercountries:AustraliaAustriaBelgiumCanadaCzechRepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyJapanKoreaLithuaniaLuxembourgMexicoNetherlandsNewZealandNorwayPolandPortugalSlovakRepublicSpainSwedenSwitzerlandRepublicofTürkiyeUnitedKingdomUnitedStatesTheEuropeanCommissionalsoparticipatesintheworkoftheIEAIEAassociationcountries:ArgentinaBrazilChinaEgyptIndiaIndonesiaKenyaMoroccoSenegalSingaporeSouthAfricaThailandUkraineINTERNATIONALENERGYAGENCYUkraine’sEnergySecurityandtheComingWinterAbstractPAGE|3IEA.CCBY4.0.AbstractThisspecialreportfromtheIEA,Ukraine’sEnergySecurityandtheComingWinter,providesanenergyactionplanforUkraineanditspartnerstohelpthecountrymeetitsenergyneedsthroughthechallengingmonthsahead.Ukraine'senergysystemhasbeentargetedsinceRussialauncheditsfull-scaleinvasionofthecountryinFebruary2022.Theseattacksonkeyinfrastructurehaverecentlyincreasedandintensified,posingahugethreattoreliableaccesstopower,heatingandcommunicationsservicesacrossUkrainethiswinter.Thisspecialreportlaysout10keyenergyactionstoreinforcethecountry’senergysecurity–essentialtoitssecurityoverall–atthiscriticaljuncture.Itwilltakestockofthewar’simpactonUkraine’senergysector,identifykeyrisksforthecomingwinterandoutlineimmediateactionsthatUkraineanditspartnerscouldtakeinresponse.WhilethemainfocusisonUkraine,thereportalsoexaminestheenergysituationinMoldova.Ukraine’sEnergySecurityandtheComingWinterAcknowledgementsPAGE|4IEA.CCBY4.0.Acknowledgements,contributorsandcreditsThisreportwaspreparedbyateamdrawnfromdifferentpartsoftheInternationalEnergyAgency(IEA).ItwasdesignedanddirectedbyTimGould,ChiefEnergyEconomist.TheleadauthorswereCraigHart,DennisHesseling,AkosLosz,GergelyMolnar,TalyaVatmanandJacquesWarichet.ValuablecommentsandfeedbackwereprovidedbyIEAseniormanagementandothercolleagueswithintheIEA,inparticularbyMaryWarlick,AliAl-Saffar,TheresaGebhardt,RonanGraham,PabloHeviaKoch,MiloszKarpinski,ChristopheMcGlade,EmmaMooney,KseniaPetrichenko,JairoPlata,FrederickRitter,andPeterZeniewski.ThanksgototheIEA’sCommunicationsandDigitalOfficefortheirhelpinproducingthereportandwebsitematerials.ParticularthanksgotoJuliaHorowitz,whoeditedthereport,andtoJethroMullen,RobStone,AstridDumond,ClaraValloisandPoeliBojorquez.Manyseniorgovernmentofficialsandinternationalexpertsprovidedinputandreviewedapreliminarydraftofthereport.Theircommentsandsuggestionswereofgreatvalue.Theyinclude:colleaguesfromtheMinistryofEnergyofUkraineandfromUkrenergo,andfromtheMinistryofEnergyoftheRepublicofMoldova;JonathanElkind(CenteronGlobalEnergyPolicy,ColumbiaUniversity);FrederikkeLaursenandPernilleHagedorn-Rasmussen(DanishEnergyAgency);InnaSurzh...