Ukraine's electricity imports reached a record high at the end of last month after a string of Russian missile strikes on critical infrastructure caused blackouts in many regions, the Reuters news agency reported.
The attacks damaged power generation and transmission facilities, forcing Ukraine to halt its power exports and rely on imports, according to Reuters.
Ukraine's energy ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that the country's energy system "is stable and balanced" and that "no shortage of electricity is expected."
The head of national grid company Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, was quoted as saying that recent Russian attacks had caused significant damage to the power system, but a total collapse was unlikely.
Maxim Timchenko, the executive of Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK, warned last month that delays in Western security aid were making Ukraine’s energy infrastructure more vulnerable to Russian strikes, according to a report by the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Timchenko said at the time that delays in security assistance had weakened his country’s ability to counter Russian attacks on energy facilities, according to the US think tank.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, starting the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.
Wednesday is day 770 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Source: Reuters, IAR, PAP