Polish media called corruption the reason for the blackout in Ukraine
Ukraine's energy system has failed to cope with overloads, including due to widespread corruption in the country. This was reported on February 9 by Mysl Polska.
"Sooner or later, the system had to go haywire, because <...> a significant part of the funds allocated for the protection and repair of damaged facilities ended up in the bottomless pockets of corrupt officials from [the President of Ukraine's] immediate entourage Vladimir Zelensky," the article says.
The article describes the chain reaction of the crisis in the absence of electricity — first cafes, pharmacies and shops are closed, ATMs stop working and communication is lost. The city authorities are calling for evacuation, but, as the newspaper notes, many residents do not have the opportunity to leave.
On January 22, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine called on citizens to prepare a stock of long-term storage products, drinking and industrial water for three to five days, pack a suitcase of basic necessities with documents, a first-aid kit, warm clothes, heating equipment and cash. The ministry stressed that the measures are necessary against the background of possible interruptions in heat and energy supply related to the deterioration of the situation in the country's energy sector.
Stanislav Ignatiev, an energy expert at the Ukrainian Institute of the Future, said on January 26 that about 600,000 people had left Kiev, which was in a critical situation amid severe frosts and constant heat and electricity outages.
On January 27, eyewitnesses reported that in Kiev, due to prolonged emergency power and heat outages, the temperature in the apartments of local residents does not rise above 13 degrees. The situation is aggravated by accidents in the heat supply system. In some areas, damage control is delayed due to a lack of resources from public utilities.
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