During a massive attack on August 26, the Russians attacked Ukrainian distribution substations with cluster munitions for the first time.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine announced this at the forum “Ukraine 2024. Independence”.
According to him, the occupiers used dozens of missiles, but Ukraine lost “a small amount of equipment” thanks to the first and second levels of protection at energy facilities.
Protective structures in Ukraine for energy facilities are divided into three levels. The first is gabion closures to prevent indirect damage. The second level is monumental reinforced concrete shelters for transformers and other energy facilities, in particular for “guaranteed protection” from drones. There are also experimental projects for third-level protection facilities — according to plans, they are the size of three football fields. However, such facilities are very expensive, and their economic feasibility is unclear, Shmigal noted.
For example, six such facilities require 188 billion hryvnia. Partners are not ready to provide such money, especially since it is not in the state budget.
According to Shmygal, most of these protective structures have already been built near energy facilities. Ukrenergo and the State Agency for Restoration are working on this. The state has allocated tens of billions of hryvnias for this, Shmygal says.
The power outage could last another one to two weeks, said former Minister of Fuel and Energy, President of the All-Ukrainian Energy Assembly Ivan Plachkov on August 27.
He noted that the Russian attack on August 26 was one of the most massive on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, so there may be restrictions not only due to a shortage of electricity, but also for the ability to carry out repair work.
Source: Racurs
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