The famous boxer will call on the world community for immediate technical assistance for all energy companies in Ukraine.
World heavyweight boxing champion Alexander Usik, together with DTEK, launched the Battle for Light campaign calling on the international community to provide immediate assistance to restore and protect Ukraine’s energy system. The energy holding announced this on Wednesday, May 8.
It is indicated that on the eve of Usik’s fight with the Briton Tyson Fury for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion, which will take place on May 18, the Ukrainian boxer, together with DTEK, will call on the world community for urgent technical assistance ( providing of replacement of destroyed generators, transformers and turbines) for all Ukrainian energy companies to prepare for next winter.
About 30 veterans who returned to work at DTEK after the front will come to support Alexander Usik in the battle in Riyadh.
“DTEK is doing everything possible to draw the attention of the world community to the energy infrastructure destroyed by the enemy and the need to restore and protect it from new Russian criminal attacks. We appreciate that Alexander shares Usyk and his team these aspirations and will help Ukrainian energy workers to be heard We have a common goal and common task is to protect our people and the civil infrastructure of Ukraine, so that every Ukrainian family has light and heat,” said DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko.
The company recalled that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has destroyed 50% of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. In the most recent large-scale attacks in March and April, the Russians destroyed more than 80% of thermal generation capacity, 30% of hydroelectric power capacity and dozens of critical transmission substations across the country.
According to the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, losses in the energy system without taking into account the latest attacks amount to $11.5 billion.
It was previously reported that since the start of a full-scale war, DTEK thermal power plants have been subjected to nearly 180 attacks. At the same time, three energy workers were killed and 51 others were injured.
Source: korrespondent
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