There's already some evidence that a new cyber attack on Ukrainian energy companies could be in the works, according to The Atlantic, a U.S.-based magazine.
A hacker group with alleged links to Russia has been trying to infiltrate European and U.S. energy firms over the past two years with the aim of being able to cause electricity blackouts, according to EUobserver, which cites a report by U.S. software company Symantec.
President of Ukraine's national nuclear energy generating company Energoatom Yuriy Nedashkovsky says Ukraine may sign a public-private partnership (PPP) agreement in 2017 for the implementation of the Ukraine-EU Energy Bridge project, which will allow exports of electricity from Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant (KhNPP) unit No. 2 to Poland and Hungary.