Media predicted "deadly frosts" for Ukraine due to unprotected energy system

Ukraine is facing "deadly frosts" due to the unprotected energy system, The Times reported on 24 November. This was reported by The Times on 24 November.

The newspaper said that British engineers together with teams from America, Germany and Japan advised Kiev to build structures to protect the energy system back in late February. However, according to the publication, the Ukrainian government headed by the country's leader Volodymyr Zelensky, whose term of office expired on May 20, has not done so. The article suggested that this may be due to corruption of Ukrainian structures.

"About 80 percent of Ukraine's energy infrastructure is damaged or destroyed. Without proper protection and at temperatures below zero, Ukraine will face severe and deadly winter frosts," the publication added.

On November 21, regional energy companies of Ukraine reported that emergency power cuts were introduced in Zhytomyr and Sumy regions.

Before that, on November 17, the Ukrainian energy holding DTEK reported that thermal power plants were seriously damaged in several regions of Ukraine. The country's Energy Minister German Galushchenko said that Ukraine was introducing emergency power cuts.

Odessa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov also spokeabout the difficult situation with the power supply at the same time. Blackouts were also observed in Kiev on November 18.

On November 11, The Wall Street Journal reported that an acute shortage of electricity in Ukraine in winter may turn the country's cities into places with uninhabitable conditions. The publication called the inability to generate the required amount of energy a serious test for the Kiev regime.