President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy held a meeting with the European Union Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.
During the conversation, Zelenskiy emphasized the role of Simson in joining Ukraine to the European ENTSO-E network. He reminded that after accession, our state began to export electricity to Europe and became one of the guarantors of the stability of the EU energy system.
According to Zelenskiy, Russia has already seriously damaged about 40% of the entire energy infrastructure of Ukraine, including TPPs, CHPs and HPPs.
"Unfortunately, due to the strikes of missiles and kamikaze drones by the Russian Federation on our energy system, we suspended this process. But I am sure that we will all recover, and in a calmer time, when the situation in our energy system is stabilized, we will continue exporting electricity to Europe ", the President of Ukraine emphasized.
Zelenskiy also spoke in detail about Ukraine's needs for the restoration of energy infrastructure and called on the European Commission to play a coordinating role in attracting assistance from EU member states.
The parties paid special attention to the further strengthening of energy sanctions against the Russian Federation. The President of Ukraine called for introducing price restrictions on Russian gas in addition to price restrictions on oil, as well as limiting the supply of Russian liquefied gas to EU countries as part of the next sanctions package, which must be approved as soon as possible.
