40% of Ukraine’s electricity grid is still not working after Russian bombing

Nearly half of the electrical grid of Ukraine It was still out of service on Thursday, a week after the latest Russian bombardments against energy infrastructure, said the private operator DTEK, which emphasized the efforts of technicians to repair it.

“Russia destroyed 40% of the Ukrainian energy system with terrorist missile attacks. Dozens of energy (sector) workers were killed or injured,” DTEK said on Telegram.

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Russiahaving suffered several military setbacks on the ground, began attacking Ukrainian energy facilities in October, causing extensive damage and depriving millions of Ukrainians of electricity every day, in the dead of winter.

On November 24, the latest bombardments against these targets left entire regions of the country in the dark and cold, including the capital kyiv.

“Electrical engineers do everything possible and impossible to stabilize the situation in relation to energy supply”, DTEK stated. The technical teams work “day and night” to quickly repair infrastructure, he added.

The private operator also specified that it is working so that “there is electricity in every house in kyiv at least once or twice” up to date.

In order to have some light or heat during the multiple daily power cuts, Ukrainians resort to alternative systems, such as candles or generators.

But this has caused some deadly fires.

On Wednesday, Ukrainian emergency teams said that the day before they had registered nine deaths and eight injuries due to these domestic fires.

Source: Elcomercio

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