Ukraine's energy sector is facing a critical shortage of electricity due to recent Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure. According to Serhiy Kovalenko, CEO of an electricity company, the country has lost about 9 gigawatts of generating capacity, equivalent to the energy consumption of the Netherlands for three months or the combined consumption of Slovakia and the Baltic States. This loss, resulting from seven attacks, represents half of Ukraine's total energy production. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has charged Russia's defense minister and top general with war crimes for targeting Ukraine's electrical infrastructure. The ICC considers these attacks, which intensified during winter 2022/23, as crimes against humanity. Ukrainian officials are requesting more air defenses to protect against future attacks. Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, CEO of Ukrenergo, reported that Ukraine now has only about 18 gigawatts of power generation capability left from its pre-war capacity of 56 gigawatts, leading to widespread energy deficits and rolling blackouts. President Zelensky stated that Russia had damaged or destroyed more than half of Ukraine’s power capacity, including 42 power plants.
Russia’s attacks on Ukraine power plants: 🧵 They’ve destroyed a big chunk of UKR power generating capacity (~20/55 gigawatts/ ~42 power plants), requiring widespread rolling blackouts, which have disrupted life: Consider high rise apartment bldgs. w/o elevators. 1/5
Behind the new ICC war crimes charges: "there are reasonable grounds to believe that a large number of strikes against numerous electric power plants and sub-stations were carried out by the Russian armed forces in multiple locations in Ukraine." https://t.co/iWA5g1v4fm
ICC seeks arrest of Russian officials over war crimes of destruction of Ukrainian power plants https://t.co/mM6WaDKYIU
Ukraine has lost half of its remaining power generation capability since March, leaving it with only about 18 GW from its pre-war 56 GW capacity, according to Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, CEO of Ukrenergo. This significant reduction has caused widespread energy deficits, exacerbated by… https://t.co/kSJlWA2HBM
The new International Criminal Court war-crime charges address a major problem -- Russia's deliberate attacks on Ukraine's electrical infrastructure. Last week, Zelensky said "Russia had damaged or destroyed more than half of Ukraine’s power capacity." https://t.co/Pc8ZMZi2bF
Few believe that these two Russian military commanders were attacking Ukraine's electrical infrastructure -- a war crime -- without Putin's assent. It is hard to understand why Putin has not also been charged by the International Criminal Court prosecutor. https://t.co/kWxzbpJdoh
Moving up the chain of command, the International Criminal Court prosecutor charges Russia's defense minister and top general with the war crime of attacking Ukraine's electrical infrastructure. Only Putin is left as a more senior commander. https://t.co/JPdu9UpwfP
The International Criminal Court considers Russia targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure in winter 2022/23 to be a crime against humanity. These months, Russia has intensified similar attacks, aiming to freeze us next winter. We ask for more air defenses asap. https://t.co/gjKdF6CBHm
⚡️🚫 Ukraine has lost about 9 gigawatts of generating capacity as a result of seven recent Russian attacks on the energy sector. This is half of the country’s total energy production… https://t.co/dxtmlxkw8I
❗️#Ukraine has lost 9 GW of generating capacity due to Russian attacks on energy facilities, Ukrenergo reported. This amount of electricity is equivalent to what the #Netherlands uses in 3 months, or equals the total consumption of #Slovakia and the Baltic States.
❗️"Ukraine has lost about 9 gigawatts of generating capacity after the last 7 Russian attacks on energy facilities, which is equivalent to the volume of energy consumption of the Netherlands for 3 months (!) or the COMBINED consumption of Slovakia and the Baltic States," -… https://t.co/FD5rVlbdAa https://t.co/xnBNNTZ3Rl
What is happening in the Ukrainian energy sector? Ukraine's power system is critically short of domestic electricity generation due to Russian shelling - imports, which are at their highest, do not solve this problem. This was announced by Serhiy Kovalenko, CEO of electricity…