Ukraine stops exporting electricity to EU countries

MOSCOW, 10 Oct – PRIME. Ukraine has been halting electricity exports to the EU since October 11 due to rocket attacks, the country’s energy ministry said.

Earlier, the Civil Service for Emergency Situations of Ukraine stated that five regions were completely de-energized after the morning strikes, the remaining regions were partially de-energized. Zelensky’s office urged Ukrainians to reduce energy consumption as much as possible in the evening: do not turn on the lights and do not use electrical appliances.

“Ukraine stops exporting electricity due to Russian rocket attacks on energy facilities,” the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine said on Facebook*.

The department noted that Kyiv exported electricity to the EU, as well as “separate lines to Moldova and Poland.” “Today’s rocket attacks hit thermal generation and electrical substations, forcing Ukraine to stop exporting electricity from October 11, 2022 to stabilize its own energy system,” the ministry said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, at an operational meeting with members of the Security Council on Monday, said that this morning a massive strike with precision-guided weapons was inflicted on Ukrainian infrastructure facilities.

Putin called the incident on the Crimean bridge a terrorist attack aimed at destroying civilian infrastructure. According to him, Kyiv has put itself on a par with the most odious terrorist groups, and it is simply impossible to leave the crimes of the Kyiv regime unanswered. In addition, according to the president, Ukraine committed three terrorist attacks against the Kursk nuclear power plant and tried to undermine the Turkish Stream gas pipeline. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that the goal of a massive strike with precision-guided weapons against Ukraine carried out on Monday had been achieved.

Ukrainian media on Monday reported explosions in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, and Kharkiv, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Lviv and Lviv region, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Khmelnitsky, Konotop, Rivne and Poltava regions also fell under rocket attacks. In addition, Zelensky’s office reported strikes on power facilities in Zaporozhye, Vinnytsia, Sumy, and Zhytomyr.

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