The possible power outage in Ukraine and the conditions for a “normal” winter were assessed by DTEK Executive Director Dmitry Sakharuk. In his opinion, if we remove the factor of shelling of Ukraine, the energy system will go through the winter in normal mode.
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If we take missile or drone attacks out of the equation, then in principle we should get through the winter normally. Without such global challenges as last winter. But if you introduce shelling here, then questions arise. Because it is not clear how all this will happen,” he noted.
According to him, the main thing is air defense and the ability to shoot down drones flying at the missile station.
Unfortunately, stations and transformer substations are not designed to withstand attacks from missiles and drones. Therefore, here, let’s say, on the air defense side the task is to shoot down as much as possible everything that flies towards our energy facilities. Because it’s simply possible that we won’t be able to preserve everything that we have done as energy workers over the last six months,” Sakharuk stated.
A day earlier, the head of Ukrenergo, Vladimir Kudrytsky, said that “Russian terror will no longer come as a surprise and everyone is preparing for it – the energy sector, the Defense Forces, and consumers.”
Let us recall that last year, in the fall and winter, Russian invaders massively shelled energy facilities in Ukraine. the occupiers used missiles of various types and kamikaze drones of Iranian design.
Source: Racurs
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