Since the beginning of the year, Russia has attacked Naftogaz Group facilities 96 times

“We made it through the most difficult winter in Ukraine’s history, but the attacks are not stopping. In the first four months of 2026 alone there have been 96 strikes on our facilities. Behind each figure are damages, shutdowns, and the need for restoration. That is why preparations for the next winter began immediately after the end of this heating season, Koretskyi noted.

The photo exhibition is being held at Kyiv Central Railway Station. Through the personal stories of Naftogaz Group employees, it shows how, under constant enemy shelling, heat, gas, and fuel were supplied across the country.

During the heating season, all areas of Naftogaz’s operations came under attack — from gas and oil production and transportation to heat generation and filling stations.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Naftogaz Group has lost 320 employees; in 2026 alone, 19 employees have been killed.

“This was a large-scale project that united the country — from Pokrovsk to Stryi, from Kherson to Chernihiv region. At each of these facilities, there are people who risk their lives every day so that the system keeps running and every home has gas and heat,” said the author of the works, photojournalist Serhii Korovayny.

Among the exhibition’s protagonists are employees from different regions and divisions. One example is Oleh Kolomiiets, an engineer at Naftogaz Group gas production facility who, even before the full-scale invasion, together with his team designed an automated failover to diesel generators — a system that keeps the gas flowing even during total power outages. Today, this solution keeps the gas flowing during total power outages following shelling.

“The first moment after a strike that stays in memory is silence. It is eerie and louder than any explosion. You think about the people: whether everyone who was nearby is safe, what has survived and what has been lost,” he recalls of the day when he and his colleagues came under massive shelling.

The exhibition also features the story of the Kherson CHP plant — a civilian facility that is under relentless Russian attack.

The exhibition will run until 17 May.

The project was implemented by Naftogaz Group with the support of Reporters, Suspilne, “We Are Ukraine”, and with the assistance of Ukrzaliznytsia.