Zelenskyy: There is no power plant in Ukraine that has not been hit
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that there is not a single power plant in Ukraine's energy system that has not been attacked by Russia.
Source: Zelenskyy during a press conference at the German-Ukrainian Business Forum
Quote: "In fact, there is no 'live' power plant in Ukraine that has not been affected by Russian strikes. But we are fighting, restoring, working, returning electricity to people and bringing life back."
Details: Zelenskyy said that it is difficult to withstand the pressure on the energy sector, but Ukraine is trying to restore the energy system 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 all types of aerial weapons.
- On the night of 12-13 December, 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, consumers in Odesa, Chernihiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv oblasts were left without electricity as a result of overnight Russian attacks.
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