Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the head of the operator of the national electricity grid of Ukraine, on Tuesday estimated the damage caused to the national energy system by Russian bombings as “colossal”, but he does not consider it necessary to evacuate the civilian population from the cities. The most affected were interruptions in the supply of electricity, Reuters reports.

The executive director of Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, warned that Ukrainian citizens may face long-term power outages, but the grid operator is trying to provide Ukrainians with conditions for their stay in the country this winter.

Practically no thermal power station or hydroelectric power station remained untouched by the Russian attack and “the scale of the destruction is colossal,” the director noted.

“There is a shortage of electricity production in Ukraine. We cannot generate as much energy as consumers can use,” he explained the consequences of the Russian attacks.

Starting from Wednesday, a cooling wave is expected in Ukraine, but then the weather forecast shows that temperatures will rise again, which will create conditions for stabilizing the energy system, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi also estimated.

He also said Ukraine had sufficient fuel reserves built up before the Russian invasion began on February 24 and was making major efforts to repair infrastructure damaged by the bombings, while hoping to get some spare parts from abroad.

Responding to a question about proposals to evacuate citizens from cities most affected by power outages, the director of the Ukrenergo company considers such calls “inappropriate”. (Source Agerpres)

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