![Ukraine encountered mounting difficulties when Russia increased its attacks on energy facilities 1 Ukraine encountered mounting difficulties when Russia increased its attacks on energy facilities 0](https://thanhhungtrans.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/thanhhungtrans.com-ukraine-encountered-mounting-difficulties-when-rus-1.jpg)
Ukraine encountered mounting difficulties when Russia increased its attacks on energy facilities 0
(Dan Tri) – Faced with Russia’s high-intensity raids targeting energy infrastructure, Ukraine faces many challenges to overcome the situation.
Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire at a power station after a Russian missile attack (Photo: Getty).
From October 10 until now, Russia has launched a series of missiles and suicide drones (UAVs) at Ukraine’s military, energy, and communications facilities.
The raids caused great damage to Ukraine, destroying 30-40% of the country’s energy infrastructure, causing prolonged power outages and water shortages in many areas.
Now, Ukraine continues to face another difficulty when DTEK – Ukraine’s giant energy corporation that provides a significant portion of the country’s energy source – is running out of equipment to overcome prolonged power outages.
On October 31, officials of Ukraine’s largest private energy company announced that the group’s equipment warehouse was about to be empty after a series of intense Russian attacks.
While DTEK CEO Dmytro Sakharuk said the company may buy some equipment to offset the damage, the cost of the equipment is currently estimated in hundreds of millions of dollars.
The raid took place just weeks after Ukrainian officials announced the implementation of regular rotating power cuts across the country as the country began repairing the devastated power grid.
Since the Moscow-Kiev war broke out eight months ago, a number of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants have been interrupted and reduced in capacity, while this is the largest source of electricity in the Eastern European country.
Recent attacks have prompted Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko to admit that the country may need to import electricity to survive this winter.
Over the weekend, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned that many Ukrainians could freeze to death in the next few months.
Yuri Vitrenko, head of Ukraine’s state energy corporation Naftogaz, has warned that the country’s people are facing the harshest winter ever, and said Russian air strikes have disrupted
In addition, according to Tass, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament Danil Getmantsev said on October 31 that Ukraine’s GDP is losing at least 203 million USD per day due to production and business activities being disrupted due to accidents.
According to him, raids and the risk of being raided are paralyzing Ukraine’s economic activities.
Previously, Ukrainian officials said that the country needed at least $17 billion in aid to fix infrastructure.