The unification of the Ukrainian and European energy systems has been completed.
President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on the successful accession of Ukraine to the ENTSO-E energy system joint with the European Union, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC-Ukraine. 187;. The unification of the Ukrainian and European energy systems has been completed. Now our electricity flows to the European Union, and European electricity to Ukraine», the President said.
Zelensky thanked President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson for their assistance in the process of joining ENTSO-E . At the same time, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal called synchronization «energy visa-free» with the EU.
«Our energy system will now become more stable and resistant to challenges. We will be able to receive electricity and save our energy system even in the event of further damage to our energy infrastructure by the aggressor,” the head of government said.
Shmyhal also recalled that on the day the war began, Ukraine finally disconnected from the country’s energy system- aggressor and Belarus. Joining ENTSO-E, according to him, is the beginning of energy independence.