Winter without blackberries: The Cabinet of Ministers told how the Russian Federation was less likely to attack energy objects

As explained in an interview with RBC-Ukraine Viceremier for restoration-Minister of Community, Territories and Infrastructure Development Alexander Kubrakov, in the Russian army it was realized that Ukraine was able to strengthen the protection of energy infrastructure. "This season we have already had a second level of protection - from Shahmed and drones. I know dozens of cases when this protection worked," he said.

According to him, in the winter of 2023/2024 Ukraine was concentrated on the protection of key substations. "Lower -level substations tried to disconnect large enterprises from energy supply. But these substations are more, it is possible to maneuver, to reconcile, to replace transformers for them, because they explained a lot of them," - explained Viceremier for Recovery - Community Development Minister, Community Development Minister. territories and infrastructure.

If the Russian army is not massaged by firing energy facilities of Ukraine, then there are no serious risks to the power system, Focus writes in its material: "Ukraine exports electricity to the EU: where it came from excess and whether to wait for blackberries in the spring.

" According to the expert of the Energetics Program of the Analytical Center Ukrainian Institute of the Future Andrian Prokip, problems can arise in the summer when nuclear stations will be on repair and Ukraine will have to import current. "And this question is how much will we import? At what price? And spring is a period of rest between winter and summer, "he said.

At the same time, Vladimir Omelchenko, the director of the energy programs of the Razumkov Center, also confirmed that in addition to military risks - the destruction of energy infrastructure, the biggest problem now is the huge debt problems in energy. Earlier, energy Minister Herman Galushchenko declared plans to build four nuclear reactors at Khmelnitsky NPP. So the authorities want to compensate for the temporary loss of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe - Zaporizhzhya NPP.