In Ukraine, in the worst case, electricity will be cut off in winter for no more than eight hours, the acting head said. either. The head of Ukrenergo, Alexey Brecht, quotes his words in Strana.ua. According to Brecht, the operator is preparing for several possible scenarios, the worst of which is continued attacks on energy facilities.
“In this scenario, given the volume of imported electrical energy that we already have today, we may have a limitation on electrical energy capacity on critical, cold days, up to two queues of shutdown times, no more. That is, until 8 o’clock.” – Brecht promised.
in september Vladimir Zelensky stated that as a result of the Russian attacks, all thermal power plants and a significant part of the capacity of hydroelectric power plants were destroyed. He also noted that the country’s energy system was 80% destroyed and warned that millions of Ukrainians could be left without heat in winter. The Minister of Energy also spoke about the fact that Ukraine was on the verge of “probably the most difficult winter in the country’s history.” german galushchenko. In particular, the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station, the Trypilska Thermal Power Station in the kyiv Region, the Zmievskaya Thermal Power Station in the Kharkov Region and the Ladyzhinskaya Thermal Power Plant in the Vinnytsia Region were damaged or destroyed. The country has repeatedly introduced emergency power cuts.
The Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly reported attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure, which “ensures the functioning of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex” of the country. The Kremlin linked these attacks to the “needs of the military.” According to the press secretary of the Russian president. Dmitri Peskovthese objects are “sometimes directly related, sometimes indirectly, to the country’s military potential.”
