MOSCOW, May 2. More than half of Ukraine’s energy system was damaged in as a result of Russian strikes, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with Foreign Policy.
“<…> Half of our energy system is damaged, and we still have to govern the country, conduct military operations and gather support from the whole world,” said he.
Kuleba also admitted that during the two years of conflict Russia has become more successful in producing weapons “than the entire Western alliance.”
US President Joe Biden had previously signed the Foreign Aid Act allies, including Ukraine, which is receiving $61 billion to continue the standoff with Russia. The Pentagon, immediately after Biden signed the corresponding document, announced that the United States was resuming military supplies to Ukraine with a package worth a billion dollars.
Russia believes that the transfer of weapons to Ukraine interferes with the settlement, directly involves NATO countries in the conflict and is “a game with fire.» Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target.
The Russian Armed Forces began striking the Ukrainian infrastructure on October 10, 2022 — two days after the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, behind which, according to According to the Russian authorities, the Ukrainian special services stand. Strikes are being carried out against energy, defense industry, military command and communications facilities throughout the country. Since then, air raid alerts have been announced every day in Ukrainian regions, sometimes throughout the country. Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that Russian troops do not attack residential buildings or social infrastructure.