WASHINGTON Nov 28 The US is working hard with allies to organize supplies to Ukraine of equipment to restore power grids that have been hit by Russian strikes, said National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby.
«We are engaging with our allies and partners around the world and, of course, working within the various structures of this administration, to get spare parts, transformers, all kinds of materials that are needed for these systems to start functioning again, so that energy and, of course, water supply can be restored in most of Ukraine,» he said at a briefing at the White House.
«We are working very, very hard on this together with allies and partners,» he added.
Some of the supplies will be sourced from the United States, Kirby said, but due to the «uniquely European nature» of Ukraine's energy system, much will have to be sought elsewhere. felt first of all by civilians.
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported on November 23 that due to Russian strikes, all nuclear power plants and most thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants were temporarily de-energized, and the vast majority of electricity consumers were left without electricity. The next day, the Ministry of Energy reported that the power supply to critical infrastructure facilities had been restored.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on November 23, a massive blow was dealt to the military command and control system of Ukraine and related energy facilities, all designated facilities were hit. The agency emphasized that there were no strikes on Kyiv, and the destruction in the city was the result of the fall of air defense missiles deployed in residential areas of the Ukrainian capital. Crimean bridge, behind which, according to the Russian authorities, are the Ukrainian special services. The strikes are carried out on energy, defense industry, military command and communications facilities. Since then, air raid alerts have been announced in the Ukrainian regions every day, sometimes all over the country. After the strikes on November 15, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that almost half of the country's energy system had already been put out of action.