In Ukraine, settlements and facilities within a 20-kilometer zone from the border with Russia and Belarus and within 20 kilometers of the frontline zone will not be cut off from electricity. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a government meeting in Zaporizhzhia, UNN reports .
The state of the energy sector is a determining factor in the life of the region and the whole country. Due to the Russian terror and abnormal heat, we record a constant shortage of generation capacities, so Ukrenergo is forced to resort to blackouts
According to him, the government is responding to this request and is compiling a list of critical facilities that are guaranteed priority power supply.
Following communication with the RMA, we are finalizing this list. The critical facilities include gas, heat, electricity, water supply and sewage facilities, hospitals. Today, we are also adding a provision that settlements and facilities within a 20-kilometer zone from the border with Russia and Belarus and within 20 kilometers of the frontline zone will not be cut off from electricity. We are also developing and improving an algorithm that will ensure an even sequence and duration of blackouts