If russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure are completely stopped, it will take about two months to return to stable operation of the power system without blackouts. Acting Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov has reported this in an interview with Forbes Ukraine.
"We have recently made calculations. If the strikes stopped now, it would take two months to restore the power system," he said.
According to Nekrasov, during the three autumn months, russia damaged about 8,000 MW of generation. As of December, about half of these capacities were restored, but massive attacks continue.
The acting Minister emphasized that the attacks are aimed not only at power plants, but also at power grids, substations and gas production infrastructure. In particular, by December 26, nine massive attacks were recorded - on average every 10-15 days.
At the end of December, more than 2,000 attacks on power grids and about 440 attacks directly on energy facilities were recorded. According to Nekrasov, russian troops put out of commission an average of about 60 transformers every month.
As previously reported, as a result of a massive missile and drone attack on the energy infrastructure on the night and morning of December 27, emergency power outages were introduced in several regions of Ukraine. More than half a million families in the capital were left without power.
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