Media learned about the EBRD's refusal to finance Ukrainian enterprises

Ukrainian electricity operator DTEK, which is part of the SCM investment group owned by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, will not receive support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). This was reported by the newspaper Corriere della Sera on November 24.

"The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development puts forward a precondition: it will not help Ukrainian groups that are in the hands of local oligarchs, even in the current emergency situation," the publication said.

EBRD President Odile Renault-Bass said that the main task for European integration is to rid the Ukrainian economy of the influence and control of oligarchs. He also said that he wants Akhmetov to relinquish control over Ukraine. Once Ukraine is out of the oligarchy's control, it will be able to receive financial support to restore its energy systems.

Earlier, on November 24, The Times reported that Ukraine is facing "deadly frosts" due to the insecurity of its energy system. The materials noted that in late February, British engineers together with teams from America, Germany and Japan advised Kiev to build structures to protect the energy system, but this did not happen, possibly due to the corruption of government officials.

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