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Oleksandr Kharchenko reported that the intensity of strikes by Russian occupiers on Kyiv’s energy facilities has increased fourfold over the past weeks. Meanwhile, the government, the expert said, is blocking local communities’ funds in accounts at the State Treasury. This further complicates preparations for winter.
Oleksandr Kharchenko — director of the Center for Energy Research — emphasized that Russia is carrying out clear, targeted, mass strikes on the Kyiv energy hub. Of course, shelling occurred in the summer as well. However, over the past six weeks, according to the expert, the situation has escalated.
The enemy has stepped up attacks on Kyiv’s energy facilities
Describing the recent strikes by the enemy, Kharchenko noted: roughly from 150 strikes per month in the summer 15 — were aimed at Kyiv’s energy facilities, whereas now the number has risen to 60. A significant portion of these strikes were carried out with ballistic missiles.
The director of the Center for Energy Research noted that the Russian occupiers have not achieved the success they expected. At the same time, several important opportunities to supply electricity to the Ukrainian capital have been lost. In addition, the occupiers continue to hit certain nodal points important for power distribution located directly within Kyiv.
Kharchenko responded that this complicates winter preparation
Kharchenko also said that what complicates preparations for winter now is not only Kyiv but other cities as well. He was referring to actions by the government, which has blocked local communities’ funds in accounts at the State Treasury.
Right now, due to a lack of funds, payments are blocked, including for the equipment that should now be transported to Kyiv and other cities to complete preparations for the heating season,
he emphasized, the director of the Center for Energy Research.
According to him, there are many cases where equipment has already been paid for at 70%. Yet even that cannot be finalized and installation begun.
"I know that all mayors are now running around the Cabinet of Ministers, trying to unblock at least some payments," Kharchenko added.
He also identified a shortage of qualified personnel as a major problem, since people are lacking on virtually every site.
Earlier it became known that the government and the State Treasury Service have suspended payments and the execution of payments to local communities. Oksana Prodan — adviser to the head of the Association of Ukrainian Cities — stressed that this sensitively affects preparations for the heating season.
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