Ukraine will freeze to death
Ukraine is bracing for the worst winter since the war with Russia began.
In more than two years of conflict, Russia has systematically targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure to plunge the country into cold and darkness, with Russian forces specifically attacking power plants and transformers.
"We're in a world where (Ukraine) has a deficit of functioning infrastructure. This is going to be the hardest winter yet," said Tim Gould, Chief Economist at the International Energy Agency (IEA), in an interview with the Kyiv Independent.
If Russian forces manage to disconnect the country’s nuclear power plants from the grid, Ukraine would lose its only stable energy source.
"(Nuclear power) is a baseload capacity, which is irreplaceable by renewables, other sources, and especially not by energy imports," he told the Kyiv Independent. "With a smaller nuclear capacity in place, Ukraine will have less flexibility and less ability to stabilize (energy) generation," he explained.
(QG - Source : Kyiv Independent / Picture: © Pixabay)