--- title: Engineers Risk Their Lives to Repair Ukraine Power Grid description: Ukrainian power grid engineers face life-threatening conditions repairing infrastructure destroyed by near-daily Russian drone and missile attacks. Injuries... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/engineers-risk-their-lives-to-repair-ukraine-power-grid-h1uoj6tkj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Engineers Risk Their Lives to Repair Ukraine Power Grid | daily.dev og:description: Ukrainian power grid engineers face life-threatening conditions repairing infrastructure destroyed by near-daily Russian drone and missile attacks. Injuries... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/engineers-risk-their-lives-to-repair-ukraine-power-grid-h1uoj6tkj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/h1Uoj6TKj.png og:image:alt: Engineers Risk Their Lives to Repair Ukraine Power Grid og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Engineers Risk Their Lives to Repair Ukraine Power Grid **[IEEE Spectrum](https://daily.dev/sources/ieeespectrum)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ukrainian power grid engineers face life-threatening conditions repairing infrastructure destroyed by near-daily Russian drone and missile attacks. Injuries among electricity workers jumped nearly 50% after Russia's full-scale invasion, with at least 48 killed through 2025. The piece profiles Oleksiy Brecht, Ukrenergo's director for network operations, who died in January while repairing the heavily bombed Kyivska 750-kV substation after a massive January 19 attack. Brecht was known for creative field engineering—adapting mismatched transformers, sourcing parts globally, and pioneering live-line repair techniques. He also championed Ukraine's synchronization with Europe's grid over Russian objections, a decision that proved critical. President Zelenskyy posthumously awarded him the title 'Hero of Ukraine.' The article details the ongoing dangers crews face, including Russian 'double tap' strikes targeting repair workers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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