Worse than in 2023: the Ministry of Energy told how the energy was injured from the blows of the Russian Federation

According to the Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko, the Russians use modified weapons to strikes the Ukrainian power system. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation caused much more harm to the energy infrastructure of Ukraine in 2024 than during the period of active shelling in the winter of 2022/2023. The Guardian Minister Herman Galushchenko said this on April 8. Yes, he said that in the last few weeks the Russian army has attacked about 80% of thermal generation facilities in Ukraine.

Also under the strikes of the invaders were hydrogeneration and a large number of substations. Galushchenko stated that the last attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine have been the largest since the Great War on February 24, 2022. Thus, according to the Minister of Energy, the scale and consequences of these attacks have caused much more harm to Ukraine than strikes during the autumn and winter period of 2022/2023.

"We see that the Russians modified their weapons," Galushchenko said, adding that the Russians use Iranian drones-Kamikadze and missiles that cause great damage for the attack. On March 22, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has inflicted the most massive blow to the power system of Ukraine since the beginning of a full -scale invasion. DTEK has declared damage to all the units of Burshtyn and Ladyzhin thermal power plants.

On March 27, Yasno CEO Serhiy Kovalenko warned about possible problems with light in the summer. At the same time, Volodymyr Kudrytsky, the chairman of Ukrenergo, believes that the construction of hundreds of small power plants throughout the country will be the best decision to protect the Ukrainian energy system from the consequences of Russian attacks.

At the same time, in an interview with Bloomberg Agency on April 5, the Energy Minister said that the situation of 2022 and 2023 in Ukraine on April 5 and 2023, when, through the strikes of Russians through energy throughout the country, introduced the light to turn off light for all consumers. "Even in the case of huge losses, we will have a basic generation that will cover from 30 to 50 % of our needs," Galushchenko emphasized.