Special Focus

Essay of the Winner of the Contest, Maria Tiemchenko

The energy security of Ukraine is a state in which the country can provide reliable access to energy resources, such as oil, gas, coal, nuclear energy, etc. These resources are necessary to ensure economic activity, environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and state institutions and defense functioning.

Essay of the Winner of the Contest, Vladyslav Kolisnyk.

The energy security of Ukraine means ensuring a sustainable and reliable energy supply for economic growth and vital economic activity, as well as for the comfort and well-being of citizens. It means the availability of sufficient domestic energy resources, efficient and developed energy infrastructures, and an ability to provide energy irrespective of external suppliers. In addition, energy security includes diversification of energy sources and improving energy efficiency.

Essay of the Winner of the Contest, Danylo Burlai

With the beginning of a full-scale invasion, critical infrastructure facilities became targets of deliberately targeted enemy fire. Electric substations burned like torches, transformers blazed like bonfires, and main power lines were torn like threads. It was then that we all felt how vital energy security is.

Essay of the Winner of the Contest, Mariia Bezverkha

The energy security of Ukraine is an important aspect of the life for each Ukrainian as well as of future generations. It means that our country should have sufficient access to energy resources to meet the needs of its citizens and economy. For Ukraine and for many other countries, it means ensuring a reliable supply of gas, electricity, oil, and other types of energy to meet domestic needs. It also means that these energy supplies should be stable, reliable, and safe for the environment.

 Essay of the Winner of the Contest, Sofiya Zaladovska

The establishment and development of an independent energy market in Ukraine is one of the key goals of economic planning to restore the resource and industrial capacities of our country. The energy sector requires effective and prompt management of emergency situations, as well as making sophisticated decisions to respond to today’s military and political challenges.

Essay of the Winner of the Contest, Andriy Kulchak

The issue of energy security became especially acute for Ukraine with the beginning of a full-scale invasion. The stoppage of Russia's supply of energy resources (natural gas, nuclear fuel, oil, and oil products) forced the Ukrainian government to reconsider the issue of energy security. This war crystallized the role of Ukraine's energy sector in ensuring the European continent's energy security.

Essay of the Winner of the Contest, Bohdan Kaliuta

In the modern world, energy security issues are especially acute for countries that became independent only a few decades ago and are actively developing. Energy security is one of the most critical components of national security, and its provision is crucial for the country's sustainable development and well-being.

Essay of the Winner of the Contest, Kseniia Petryk

Ukraine's energy security is one of the critical national strategic tasks crucial for national security, economic stability, and country development. This problem became especially urgent with Russia's seizure of Crimea and part of the eastern regions of Ukraine, and on February 24, 2022, with a full-scale invasion.

Essay of the Winner of the Contest, Vadym Honhalo

All areas of human life, the functioning of small, medium, and large enterprises, medical and educational institutions, financial institutions, and electric transport depend on energy. I especially want to highlight the electric power industry because it powers lighting, communications, production lines, etc. The availability of electricity allows heat pumps to be activated, which provides the population with heat and hot water.