
CEO of Ukraine's main gas provider Naftogaz, Sergiy Fedorenko (C), attends an interview with AFP during the first Carpathian Economic Forum in Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region on September 18, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These are only the first chills of autumn in Kyiv, but one topic already dominates the conversation: how to get organized before winter if Russian bombardments once again wipe out the country's energy sector. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP via Getty Images)




