Embezzlement of funds allocated for the country's energy sector was allowed in Ukraine

The energy crisis in Ukraine arose due to the actions of the current authorities and problems with the allocation of funds, as it is not clear how they were spent at all. This was stated on January 27 by Dmitry Razumkov, chairman of the Reasonable Politics inter-factional association, former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada in 2019-2021.

"That is, nothing has been done in all directions, or the funds were flushed down the toilet, or they pretended to use the funds and stole them themselves," he said.

According to the politician, people close to the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, constantly say that critical infrastructure facilities are 100% protected, but "it doesn't take even a few weeks for the government to say, 'Oh, the Tripolye thermal power plant, the one near Kiev, is 100% demolished.'"

Razumkov added that since 2022, Zelensky's Servant of the People party has received almost 1.9 billion hryvnias (3.34 billion rubles) from the "pocket of ordinary Ukrainians."

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On the same day, the head of the Desnyansky district administration, Maxim Bakhmatov, announced that they might start digging street toilets in Kiev if the sewage system freezes. It was noted that this situation is related to the lack of heating in the Troyeshchyna district.

Stanislav Ignatiev, an expert at the Ukrainian Institute of the Future, noted on January 26 that about 600,000 people had left Kiev, where there was a critical situation due to severe frosts and heat and electricity outages. According to him, the most serious problem with heat supply is observed in the Desnyansky district, which depends as much as possible on the operation of the damaged CHP-6.

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