Large areas of Ukraine are experiencing rolling and emergency blackouts as the country faces historic low power capacity due to Russian attacks on critical infrastructure.
Nearly half of Ukraine’s available capacity has been damaged or destroyed, according to Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi.
“We are dealing with an absolutely unprecedented scale of destruction. And the deficits we have in the energy system now, which are not even covered by the quite powerful imports coming from Europe to Ukraine, are precisely the result of this destruction,” Kudrytskyi told local media.
The destruction means Ukraine is facing historic low power generation capacity, he said, and announced limits on electricity consumption in all regions of Ukraine.
“The main reason for the restrictions is the consequences of six enemy missile attacks on Ukrainian power plants. Due to significant damage, they cannot produce as much electricity as they did before the attacks,” he explained.
Ukraine imported energy from neighboring Poland, Romania and Moldova. It has also received emergency assistance from Poland, but Kudrytskyi warned that these measures are insufficient.
Source: CNN Brasil
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