(Bloomberg) -- Ukraine needs improved air defenses to protect its energy assets from Russia’s missile attacks and avoid blackouts this summer when...
-- Ukraine needs improved air defenses to protect its energy assets from Russia ’s missile attacks and avoid blackouts this summer when electricity use approaches its winter peak, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said.Zimbabwe Announces New Currency Called the ZiG, Backed by Gold
Already, six gigawatts of power have been affected, officials have said, three times more than Ukraine planned to import from western allies this winter. DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, said 80% of its facilities have been severely damaged.Galushchenko said Ukraine is searching for the energy equipment it needs all over the world — and in particular in neighboring countries — to replace its damaged machinery.
“We will definitely communicate with people,” he said. “Everyone wants to live comfortably, but we have to think about the fact there are limitations at this time.” “Today the situation is even more complicated, compared with last year, as we have lost a lot of hydropower production and have to conduct planned repairs of nuclear units,” he said.
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