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With a harsh winter around the corner, Ukraine continues to deal with nationwide blackouts due to repeated Russian bombardments of energy infrastructure. During the night of this Friday, six million homes were still affected by power outages, revealed the Ukrainian president.
According to Zelensky, energy problems are concentrated, in particular, in the kyiv, Odessa, Lviv, Vinnytsia and Dnipropetrovsk region and In the capital many residents were without electricity for more than 20 or 30 hours????????
In a week in which the “main task” was to restore power, the Ukrainian leader reveals that more than four thousand invincibility pointszones where residents can access essential services, such as electricity, water and internet, free of charge.
The blackout continues. There is no electricity or heating in most cities. Lack of communication makes it impossible to communicate with friends and family. The nuclear plants are expected to start operating tonight when power is likely to be restored.
???????? Invincibility point in Kherson. pic.twitter.com/mQr16HbOUV— Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) November 24, 2022
Zelensky called for energy savings, acknowledging that received several complaints about the management of invincibility points in the kyiv region???????? “In total, there are more than four thousand of these points in the country and it is the responsibility of each local leader to make sure that everything that should be there really works,” he said in the usual speech.
NASA satellite images, captured on November 23, show the impact of Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. While parts of Europe and Russia are illuminated on the map, much of Ukraine is dark. In recent weeks, energy restoration work has continued in the country and if on Wednesday 12 million homes were disconnected from the electricity grid, since then that figure has already been reduced by half.
NASA nighttime images revealed how Russian attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure have plunged most of the country into darkness. pic.twitter.com/FYFbuc3bGL
— DW News (@dwnews) November 25, 2022
Energy stability was precisely one of the topics discussed by Zelensky during a phone call this Friday with the President of the European Commission. In a statement, Ursula von der Leyen guaranteed that they will intensify efforts to support Ukraine in this matter, stressing that Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure constitute “war crimes”????????
Several European countries have already announced that they will donate generators to Ukraine to help it get through what is expected to be one of the most difficult winters. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna revealed that they will send 100 generators, a response to Russia’s strategy of turning “winter into a weapon of war.”
To aid the population to have, France sends 100 generators of strong power in #Ukrainealors que la Russia veut faire de l’hiver une arme de guerre.
100 ???????? generators are on their way to Ukraine ???????. Reminder: attacks against civilian infrastructure are war crimes. https://t.co/fcK9dkaqE0 pic.twitter.com/6sl8U4S5UU— Catalina Colonna (@MinColonna) November 25, 2022
Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib said that the Czech Republic will send 626 heaters to the kyiv and Mykolaiv regions. 84 generators will arrive from Latvia and 40 from Romania.
Russia’s strategy of bombing energy infrastructure, particularly since October, has been described by Ukrainian authorities as a war crime, drawing strong condemnation from Western allies.
Source: Observadora
