Zelenskyy: Not a single power plant in Ukraine is undamaged
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that not a single power plant in Ukraine's energy system has escaped Russian attacks.
Source: Zelenskyy during a press conference at the German-Ukrainian Business Forum
Quote: "In fact, there isn't a single 'live' power plant in Ukraine that hasn't been affected by Russian strikes. But we're fighting, rebuilding, working, restoring electricity to people and bringing life back."
Details: Zelenskyy said that withstanding the pressure on the energy sector is challenging, but Ukraine tries to repair the power grid as quickly as possible after each strike.
He added that German companies are providing significant assistance to Ukraine in these efforts.
Background:
- As of the morning of 14 December, hundreds of thousands of families remained without electricity in seven oblasts of Ukraine due to Russian strikes on the energy system.
- On the night of 13-14 December, Russian forces attacked Odesa Oblast using a wide array of airborne weapons.
- That same night, Odesa came under a large-scale combined Russian attack, with local residents reporting power outages across most of the city.
- As of the morning of 13 December, people were left without electricity in Odesa, Chernihiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv oblasts as a result of overnight Russian attacks.
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