Following Russian missile assaults, Ukrainian authorities have attempted to restore electricity across the nation and have made some progress in repairing the electric infrastructure, but they are still unable to instantly assist millions of people who are now without power.
In his nighttime speech on Friday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that workers had been able to decrease the number of individuals who had their energy shut off since Wednesday in half. He said that 6 million Ukrainians were still without electricity, nevertheless.
On Friday, Ukrenergo, the national power grid operator, said on Telegram that “Repairs teams are working around the clock.”
It urged consumers to practice energy conservation and stated that 30% of electrical supplies were still unavailable.
Additionally, Zelenskyy urged with people to consume less energy.
He clarified, “Just because there is electricity doesn’t imply you can turn on a bunch of strong electrical gadgets at once.
On Wednesday, Russian forces launched yet another deadly missile onslaught against Ukraine, resulting in the worst power disruptions in Kyiv since the invasion’s start nine months earlier.
According to Ukraine, the attacks are war crimes because it is obvious that they are meant to hurt people. According to Russia, it only attacks infrastructure that is connected to the military, and Kiev is to responsible for the outages.
A large portion of Ukraine is expected to experience rain, snow, and single-digit Celsius temperatures during the next few days.
The people of the nation is experiencing a “horrendous start” to the winter as a result of Russian missile assaults on civilian infrastructure, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday.
Vladimir Putin “is failing in Ukraine, and he is responding with increased aggression,” Stoltenberg claimed in a speech in Brussels.
As long as it takes, according to Stoltenberg, NATO will support Ukraine.
He said that the alliance’s members had been giving Ukraine “unprecedented military support” in addition to other forms of assistance.
He noted that while gasoline, generators, medical supplies, winter equipment, and drone-jamming devices have already been sent by NATO nations, more will be required as winter approaches, particularly as Russia continues to target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
The package, which Britain estimates to be worth about $60 million, includes radar and other technology to counter the drones with explosive payloads that Russia has used against Ukrainian targets, particularly the power grid, and which were supplied by Iran. The assistance comes after Britain announced earlier in November that it would deliver more than 1,000 surface-to-air missiles.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty contributed to this report. Some material for this report came from The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.
