On February 10, Russia again attacked Ukraine with missiles and drones, the main goal being attacks on the energy infrastructure. This, of course, will affect the blackout, because there is already a large shortage of electricity.
About thisChannel 24said Minister of Fuel and Energy (in 2005-2006) Ivan Plachkov. He said that such bruises and damage negatively affect the power system.
According to him,the situation is getting worse.
We already had a power deficit of about 4000 megawatts by today's attack. And on February 10, three power plants were damaged, so the deficit is likely to increase. Also, unfortunately, there is a hit in high-voltage networks at substations,” Plachkov said. =”ltr”>According to the ex-minister, unfortunately, due to the attack, the power industry is forced to increase the blackouts for consumers in order to save the energy system, becausethere is a very large capacity shortage.
Plachkov noted that the import of electricity that we receive from Europe today is small.
“We are promised about 2,000 megawatts, but, unfortunately, the number of regions with a difficult situation has increased in our country. The power industry has managed to keep this situation in the past and I am sure that they will do everything possible to restore the damaged infrastructure now,” he replied.< /p>
The Ex-Minister emphasized that the reserve equipment is already running out, so now we need to pay a lot of attention to this. “We're getting help, but it's mostly generators, it's a temporary fix,” he added.
We need to intensify work with international experts, to do another energy Ramstein, as it was before. We see how many weapons are being handed over to us, but there is no activity in the supply of energy equipment, Plachkov believes.
In his opinion, the state leadership should now intensify this work. “We believe that this year will be a victory, but for many more years we will struggle with the energy consequences, and as time goes on, the situation becomes more difficult,” he said.
An expert on energy evaluatesinfrastructure damage is at least 60 percent, so we need to be prepared for scheduled or emergency power outages.
He also thinks that people's complaints that someone there is electricity, but some do not, as well as fines for oblenergos – this is not the time now, we need to resolve energy issues.
“The situation is now very difficult, and we need to focus on intensifying work on upgrading the energy system,” the ex-minister added.
Ukrenergo's forecast for light after a massive attack
- The enemy launched another massive missile attack on Ukraine on Friday , February 10. Critical infrastructure suffered again. Volodymyr Kudrytsky, Chairman of the Board of NPC Ukrenergo, noted that Russia had dealt a serious blow.
- But, according to him, “the catastrophe did not happen again.” “For the fourteenth time, the Russians failed to achieve their goal – a long-term blackout throughout Ukraine,” added the chairman of the board of NPC Ukrenergo.
- Kudritsky stressed that on February 10, the most difficult situation in Kharkiv. “We plan to resume the work of some power facilities that were damaged today over the weekend. Kharkiv's critical infrastructure is healed, but some time is still needed,” he explained.
- Kudritsky added that work remains to be done on the full restoration of facilities around Odessa, providing food to the city and the Odessa region.
