Ukraine’s president has said his country, with its energy infrastructure damaged by Russian attacks, needs “at least 800 million euros” in emergency aid to deal with winter needs
The work of the international conference “Solidarity to the Ukrainian people” started today in Paris.
At the start of the International Solidarity Conference, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country, with its energy infrastructure damaged by Russian attacks, needed “at least 800 million euros” of emergency aid to meet the needs of the population during the winter.
“We need many types of equipment, transformers, materials for the restoration of high-voltage networks, gas turbines…our energy system needs, at least until the end of the heating season, urgent help from the European energy system, i.e. import of electricity from the European Union to Ukraine,” Volodymyr Zelensky said via video conference.
“And this will cost about 800 million euros.”
“We are doing everything to deal with energy terrorism,” assured the president of Ukraine, estimating at least 1.5 billion euros the cost of the rapid, temporary restoration of infrastructure damaged by Russian attacks.
“After every attack we try to restore, every day our engineers are called upon to disconnect millions of Ukrainians from the electricity grid.”
“Generators have become as necessary as body armor and bulletproof vests,” said Volodymyr Zelensky.
“The situation of the Ukrainian energy system remains difficult, the energy deficit remains significant. Deteriorating weather conditions negatively affect distribution conditions and complicate the work of restoration units,” according to Ukrainian Ukrenergo.
Earlier, opening the proceedings of the international conference, French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized the will of the international community to help the Ukrainians “to resist during the winter”, against a Russia that acts “cowardly” and whose aim is “to plunge into darkness and cold” the Ukrainians.
Read the News today and get the latest news.
Follow Skai.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news.
With a wealth of experience honed over 4+ years in journalism, I bring a seasoned voice to the world of news. Currently, I work as a freelance writer and editor, always seeking new opportunities to tell compelling stories in the field of world news.
