“President Zelenskyi said that instead of diplomacy, Russia is preparing attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and nuclear power plants.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Volodymyr Zelenskyi, photo OP Source: President’s address
Direct speech: “If the Russians really seriously wanted the end of the war, they would have focused on diplomacy, not on missile attacks, not on blackouts and attempts to harm even our nuclear plants.
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We have data on objects on which Russia was conducting reconnaissance – reconnaissance for strikes. Everything clearly indicates that diplomacy is definitely not a priority for Russia.
It must be recognized. We must continue to put pressure on the aggressor and the real cause of this war – the cause in Moscow. We will work this week for such new pressure and a clear position of the world towards Russia.”
Details: Zelenskyi also reported that almost 58,000 people work 24/7 only in repair crews on power grids and generation facilities, on the heat grid, and the resources of “Ukrzaliznytsia” and other state-owned companies are involved.
Zelenskyi said that solutions to increase the import of electricity are currently being implemented.
Direct speech: “I want to thank the partners who fulfill our agreements for the supply of the necessary resources, machinery, and equipment. In particular, these days our agreements with Italy began to be implemented, we talked about it with George Maloney: now support packages – and these are very important things, very important equipment – are being brought to Ukraine.”
What preceded: On January 17, the Central Intelligence Agency announced that Russia is considering the option of strikes on substations of Ukrainian nuclear power plantsto force Ukraine to sign unacceptable demands.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, following the results of a meeting with the head of the Ukrainian State Government, Oleg Ivashchenko, said that Russia is preparing for further strikes on Ukrainian energy and infrastructure, including facilities serving nuclear plants.