All thermal power plants that supplied Kharkov with electricity have been destroyed, so mobile boiler houses will be brought into the city for the winter.
We are focused on Kharkov and the Kharkov region, because we understand that the Russians have actually destroyed all the thermal power plants that were around Kharkov and held Kharkov. We are bringing in small mobile boiler houses there, 1 MW, installed by local authorities, he said.
The upcoming winter may be the hardest, the head of the Ukrainian government believes. He recalled that Ukraine has successfully overcome three heating seasons, but this winter may be the hardest.
They also plan to use gas from their own production.
Shmyhal recalled that the Ukrainian president called for avoiding energy PR and added that the conditions of the coming winter will be clear only as it approaches. The prime minister said this at a press conference on the results of the government’s work.
According to the head of government, Ukrenergo facilities are 85% protected. In addition to the air defense and electronic warfare systems, the construction of gabions with sand and reinforced concrete shelters is also in question. Gas production and oil refining enterprises are also equipped with first and second level protection, Shmigal noted.
More than 80% of Ukrainian schools and 100% of hospitals have generators, the Prime Minister specified. The number of cogeneration units currently owned by heat supply companies in Ukraine is 169, of which 83 have been put into operation.
International partners have confirmed the delivery of another 291 units and 101 modular boiler houses, he added.
In addition, according to Shmyhal, in Ukraine in 2023, weapons production increased threefold, and in the first eight months of this year, it was possible to increase production by another two times.
The Prime Minister said that Ukraine needs about ten thousand sappers to clear the territories contaminated by Russian mines in five years. According to him, there are currently 53 anti-mine operators and about three thousand sappers in Ukraine.
Source: Racurs
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