Two-thirds of the damaged electricity generation facilities were restored in Kyiv

In Kyiv, it was possible to restore two-thirds of generating capacities after Russian missile attacks on energy facilities.

This was stated by the deputy head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Petro Panteleiev, during a meeting organized by the project «Reforming the district heating sector in Ukraine».

According to him, work on the restoration of damaged objects does not stop, and the most modern European technologies are used in the process of reconstruction. Panteleiev noted that thanks to this work, energy facilities in Kyiv built during the Soviet period are becoming modernized and more efficient.

«We plan to decentralize the electricity and heat production system by building a small and medium power CHP plant. In addition, the city is developing a cluster of autonomous objects in conditions of possible lack of electricity. Without this, high-quality preparation for winter is impossible,» the official emphasized.

Shelling of the energy industry in the spring of 2024

On March 22, Russia carried out the first massive shelling of energy infrastructure facilities this year. The Russian army attacked Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Odesa and other regions of Ukraine.

The biggest was the attack on the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Zaporizhzhia. This is one of the largest and most powerful hydraulic structures in Ukraine. A rocket attack on the Dnipro HPP resulted in damage to two stations and a dam that are part of its structure.

Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Research Center, says that by winter, Ukraine needs to restore at least 25-30% of the damaged heat generation: «We need to fully involve imports. Also, before winter, we need to restore as much as possible from coal generation, from hydro generation, and build facilities in gas generation as much as possible.»

At the same time, according to the Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko, it is not appropriate to make any predictions about the difficulty of the next winter for the energy industry of Ukraine. In his opinion, now no one will be able to say with which generation Ukraine will end up in the winter: «Actually, everything looks comforting, because the system, despite the Russian strikes, is intact.»

The BBC predicts that Ukrainians can spend up to 20 hours a day without electricity or heating in winter.

In addition, on the night of June 22, the Russians launched missile attacks on critical infrastructure facilities in various regions of Ukraine. As a result of anti-aircraft combat, 25 air targets were shot down, but energy facilities in Zaporizhzhia and Lviv regions were still damaged. Also, as a result of an enemy attack on one of the objects, two energy workers were injured.