“One of the features of the last massive attack by the Russian Federation on the energy system of Ukraine on December 13 was its targeting of interstate energy infrastructure facilities, which was aimed at maximally reducing export-import opportunities or at all disconnecting the energy systems of Ukraine and Europe.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
One of the features of the last massive attack by the Russian Federation on the energy system of Ukraine on December 13 was its targeting of interstate energy infrastructure facilities, which was aimed at maximally reducing export-import opportunities or at all disconnecting the energy systems of Ukraine and Europe. This is the opinion of the adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, member of the supervisory board of NEC “Ukrenergo” Yury Boyko, Interfax-Ukraine reports. “Of the characteristic moments of the last attack, it was on the network infrastructure, which is directly involved in export-import operations between Ukraine and its European neighbors. This was done in order to reduce the possibility of attracting imports as much as possible, and ideally to achieve the disconnection of the Ukrainian system from European,” he said at a briefing at the Ukraine Media Center. In general, according to Boyk, the latest attack was aimed at quite understandable goals – “traditionally, key objects of the energy infrastructure were under attack, both in terms of transmission and e/e production”. “improving power outage schedules, Boyko noted that “in the very near future” consumers will feel the results of the colossal efforts of energy companies. He also explained that physical protection performs its tasks during attacks, but pointed out that the area of the main substation can reach from 15 to 70 football fields and have several thousand pieces of equipment. According to him, the physical protection of the area of 100 square meters. m may cost roughly $1 million. Advertising: As Boyko explained, in order to protect the generation, a concrete sarcophagus with the height of a 10-12-story building with 8-10 entrances should be built. “This example should answer the question of whether it is possible to fully protect substations. The protection goes to the key elements of the equipment. Therefore, damage still occurs, and it takes time to recover,” said the Prime Minister’s adviser. We will remind: According to the Ministry of Energy, the import of e/e has almost doubled in recent days – to 21.2 thousand. MW*h on Monday against 12.4 thousand. MWh on Thursday, December 12, the day before the attack.