The aggressor is trying to prevent the export of Ukrainian electricity to Europe.
strikes by Russian troops, Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko announced on the air of a national telethon.
“In two days, up to 30% of our energy system was damaged. This is a significant blow, almost the entire territory of Ukraine was affected, but we have now maximized all efforts to reduce the consequences, and to date we have quite good results,” the minister notes.
Galushchenko assumes that in this way the Russian Federation is trying to impede the export of Ukrainian electricity to Europe, which helps European countries save on Russian gas and coal.
Ukraine is now looking for opportunities to quickly restore supplies from other sources, but is asking partners for help in protecting the sky, the minister added.
also thanked the Ukrainians who responded to the call to reduce electricity consumption during peak hours in order to unload the power system and allow electricians to carry out repair work.
“We work as a united front: energy companies and our citizens. According to our estimates, only in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, people voluntarily saved about 10% of peak consumption, this is a lot,” he adds.
However, he expressed confidence that before the start of the heating season, the energy industry will have time to fix damage. Nevertheless, the minister assumes that the aggressor will resort to similar attacks in the winter as well.
Read also: Shmyhal asked to limit the consumption of electricity in the evening againreported that four important electrical substations in the region were disabled due to missile strikes. Because of this, there were serious problems with stable electricity supply in the city.
On October 10 and 11, the occupiers also attacked Burshtynska and Ladyzhynska TPPs in Frankiv region and Vinnytsia region. As a result of a repeated attack on the Ladyzhynska TPP, rescuers were injured, who were eliminating the consequences of the first strike.
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