The European Commission called for the urgent transfer of generators and

PThe call was made after a speech at an informal meeting of EU energy ministers by the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy, German Galushchenko, who spoke about the consequences of rocket attacks

The European Commission called for the urgent transfer of generators to Ukraine and

Kiev, Ukraine

The European Commission called on the EU countries to urgently transfer high-voltage transformers and power generators to Ukraine to restore the power system. This was announced to journalists by the European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson following an informal meeting of EU energy ministers.

“We ask the EU member states to provide assistance to Ukraine again. The priority is high-voltage transformers and generators, the European Commission will assist in their delivery to specific regions,” she said (quoted by TASS).

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Josef Sikela, said that at the beginning of the informal meeting, the Minister of Energy of Ukraine, German Galushchenko, spoke by remote communication. He spoke about the critical state of the country’s energy infrastructure, Sikela said.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy said in a statement that Galushchenko, among other things, described the devastating consequences of rocket attacks on the Ukrainian energy system. “We are grateful for the equipment and materials already delivered to Ukraine. At the same time, today we have an urgent need for high-voltage equipment to restore and stabilize the operation of the power system,” the ministry quotes him as saying.

The last time massive missile strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure were carried out was on November 23. Then the Ministry of Energy announced the shutdown of most of the country’s thermal and hydroelectric power plants, as well as all nuclear power plants. “The vast majority of electricity consumers across the country were de-energized. There are emergency shutdowns,” the message said.

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Following Ukraine, the shutdown occurred in Moldova. This is the second such case— the first was after the November 15 strikes. Then 20 million residents of Ukraine were left without electricity (the country’s population is 41 million, according to Ukrstat data for January of this year).

As noted in the Russian Ministry of Defense, as a result of the strikes on November 23, the transfer by rail of the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, foreign weapons, military equipment and ammunition to combat areas was disrupted. For the first time such an attack occurred after the explosion on the Crimean Bridge, which Moscow blames Kiev. The Kremlin pointed out that the missile targets are objects that are directly or indirectly related to the military potential of Ukraine and the Ukrainian regime.

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