No Missiles for Defense, No Money to Rebuild – Ukraine’s Energy Dilemma

June 26, 2024

Kyiv Post

Ukraine has lost half of its remaining power generation capability since March this year, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, CEO of Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s state-owned transmission operator said.

“Nine gigawatts (GW) is a huge number,” said Kudrytskyi at a discussion panel hosted by Ukraine Business News (UBN) Network on Friday, June 21.

If Kudrytskyi’s figures are accurate, it would mean that Ukraine only had approximately 18 GW remaining in the system prior to the renewed Russian strikes this year – less than a third of its pre-war 56 GW figure.

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