The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmygal, predicts that Russia will continue its attempts to destroy the Ukrainian energy system, water and heat supply.
"As of this morning, water supply and electricity have been fully restored in Kyiv. In Kyiv region, most consumers have also been connected. In Cherkasy region, where electricity has almost completely disappeared, the situation has stabilized, people have electricity," Shmyhal said at a government meeting on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister noted that yesterday's attack is part of Russia's grand, pre-planned strategy to destroy the Ukrainian energy system.
"And you and I must understand that the attacks against our energy infrastructure will continue. There will be attempts to destroy both the generation and distribution of electricity. There will be attacks against the water and heat supply systems," he said.
According to the Prime Minister, there are currently two modes of power outages for consumers.
"The first is the planned mode, when the light is turned off to stabilize the power system according to pre-planned schedules. We work together with energy companies so that the schedules of such outages correspond to reality and are minimal," he said.
At the same time, Shmyhal emphasized that it must be understood that Russian terrorists do not follow the shelling schedule when attacking Ukrainian infrastructure.
"Therefore, in fact, there is a second type of outages - emergency. Emergency outages cannot be predicted and it is impossible to predict how long they will last. When a missile or a drone hits an infrastructure object, as a result, part of the consumers are turned off in an emergency," stated the Prime Minister .
He emphasized that in order to minimize planned outages, it is necessary to save electricity.
"Each of us must now accept this new reality and restructure to consume as little electricity as possible. Especially during peak hours in the morning and evening," he emphasized.
Among other things, he said that the authorities continue to negotiate with partners to increase the supply of infrastructure restoration equipment, as well as mobile power and heating sources.
"12 countries have already agreed to help, and many have helped even before that. The system operators of some European countries have been handing over equipment to Ukrenergo for the past 8 months. That's why we have and will have reserves to restore everything destroyed," concluded Shmyhal.
