MKyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko allowed the collapse of the energy infrastructure of Ukraine “at any second” Klitschko assessed the situation with energy supply as critical. In Kiev, according to him, the electricity shortage is 30%
The collapse of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure “could happen at any second,” Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in an interview with Reuters at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
“We’re not talking about collapse, but it can happen.”..>any second»,— said Klitschko.
“Critical infrastructure in Kiev and other cities of Ukraine can be destroyed at any second,” the mayor explained. He added that now the electricity shortage in Kiev is about 30%.
It is cold in the country now, and therefore it is difficult to live without electricity, Klitschko said, assessing the situation as critical. “We are fighting for survival,” the mayor added.
Russia began striking Ukraine’s energy facilities on October 10. President Vladimir Putin stressed that they were a response to the terrorist attack that took place on the Crimean Bridge on October 8. Moscow accused the Ukrainian special services of organizing the explosion. Kiev denied its involvement.
Since then, Klitschko has repeatedly reported damage to energy infrastructure facilities in Kiev. On January 14, the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy, German Galushchenko, said that as a result of the strikes, power facilities in the Kharkiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia and Kiev regions of Ukraine, as well as in the Kiev-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region, were damaged. Also, the head of the Odessa OVA Maxim Marchenko spoke about the damage to objects. On this day, emergency power outages were introduced in 11 regions of Ukraine.
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President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in December informed his American counterpart Joe Biden about the destruction of 50% of the country’s energy infrastructure. In November, Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko estimated the damage to the country’s infrastructure from missile strikes at $100 billion, and maybe more. Two months later, the country’s first deputy foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova said that, according to the authorities, the amount of damage exceeded $127 billion.
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