Kiev activates emergency plan to cut energy consumption by 20% due to ongoing and severe bombing of its supply factories
As Ukrainian troops advance on the southern front in Kherson, authorities in Kiev are taking emergency measures to deal with the energy crisis caused by repeated Russian attacks on its power plants. “In just ten days, they carried out more attacks than in all previous war months,” says Ukrenergo, a public energy distribution company, which asked citizens to fetch water, charge their appliances and “keep socks, blankets and stuffed animals warm for the family and friends.
Oleksandr Kharchenko, adviser to the Ministry of Energy, reported that “40% of the infrastructure is damaged”, so “we should be ready for all scenarios this winter.” The head of this government portfolio, Herman Halushchenko, once again asked his allies to “close the airspace”, something they know they will not achieve, announcing that the aim of the first shock plan is to “cut consumption by twenty percent reduction”.
The new energy-saving regime limits delivery across the country from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Halushchenko made this announcement in a televised interview, saying that “we expect a voluntary decrease in consumption, but if it is not enough, we will be forced to implement forced closures.”
In major cities such as Kiev, four-hour blackouts are announced that will alternately affect the different districts of the capital. The city government also put forward the cessation of night-time lighting in the streets, restrictions on the use of electric public transport, such as trolleybuses, as well as the reduction of frequency in the metro, the main means Kievans use to get around.
Another day, Russia hit Ukraine’s infrastructure again, this time hitting a major thermal power plant in Burshtyn, in the west of the country, causing “quite serious” damage. Kamikaze missiles and drones are capable of hitting targets all over Ukraine and have reinforced the feeling that there is no safe place in the country, even in the western areas furthest from the front lines.
The land is darkening as in Kherson the two sides prepare for the great battle for the capital of this southern province, the only one Russia has managed to capture since February 24. For the second consecutive day, the pro-Russian authorities continued to evacuate civilians and maintain their target of removing 10,000 people a day for the next several days.
Kiev calls the measure “propaganda”, Moscow says it is necessary to “protect civilians” and British intelligence thinks it is “unusual for the Russians to admit ‘a difficult situation’ and is likely to indicate that they are considering withdrawing their troops. withdraw from the area west of the Dnieper River.” That river now marks the boundary between the two sides, but the task of retreating will not be easy as all the bridges have been blown up and they will have to do it by boat. Citizens are also evacuated on ferries.
With the recent declaration of martial law already in force in the four occupied provinces, Kiev fears that Russia will use this measure to carry out a “mass deportation of civilians”, in the words of the secretary of the National Defense and Security Council, Oleksiy Danílo. , who called it a “crime to be condemned at the UN”.
After losing ground for several days, the Moscow Ministry of Defense assured that its units managed to repel an attack “near the town of Sujánovo, where the enemy had previously managed to break through the defenses of the Russian units”.
Source: La Verdad
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