Another attack of Russian troops on Ukraine has caused quite large-scale damage to the energy infrastructure, even last winter the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system were not as large as last night, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, chairman of the board of the National Energy Company Ukrenergo, said on Radio Liberty on Friday, UNN reports.
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According to him, this is an unprecedented number of missiles fired at the power grid during the large-scale invasion.
The power system has not lost its integrity. The power system is working. We control the situation. We also receive a certain amount of electricity from Europe. Because our power system is connected to the European one. This is the overall picture. In many regions, however, there are quite significant and large-scale damages to the energy infrastructure. Their scale is caused by the scale of the attack itself. This is an unprecedented amount of missiles and drones that have been fired into the power system since the beginning of the invasion. That is, even last winter, the attacks on our energy system were not as large as the attack last night. That's why there are power cuts in many regions
According to him, these restrictions are "controlled". "We need them in order not to overload those elements of the grid that remain in operation and are not damaged," said the CEO of Ukrenergo.
Kudrytsky noted that the most difficult situation is in Kharkiv, where the Russian army "literally tried to destroy" all the main energy facilities that supply the city.
"While the situation with electricity supply in Kharkiv region is stable, the situation with electricity supply in Kharkiv city is extremely difficult. And now we are primarily engaged in restoring power supply to the city of Kharkiv," said Kudrytskyi.