Ukraine Offers Lessons Learned in Building a Resilient, Diverse, Gritty Grid While Under Fire

Representatives from the besieged nation tout above-and-beyond innovation with all-of-the-above energies as a ‘demonstration ... of the future.’

A rail mechanic uses a grinder to cut through a frozen pipe during emergency work on a heating station in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 19, 2026. Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Ukraine’s battlefield expertise in counter-drone tactics and technologies is in demand, with the United States, Israel, and Persian Gulf state militaries scrambling to ward off Iranian Shahed and, increasingly, Russian-made Geran-2 “kamikaze” attacks.

But during the March 23–27 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, a Ukrainian delegation led by First Deputy Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and leaders of the nation’s energy companies also provided hard-earned insight into how to rebuild an electric grid under fire with all-of-the-above resilience and dogged persistence that could reshape 21st-century energy systems.