Ukraine announced on Monday that power cuts would worsen until the end of July, after a series of Russian strikes on its energy infrastructure.
Moscow has launched a bombing campaign in recent months, targeting Ukraine’s main electricity production and distribution centers and destroying, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, half of the country’s energy capacity.
“In the coming weeks, the situation will be much more difficult than it is today,” warned Volodymyr Koudrytskiï, director of the national operator, Ukrenergo.
According to the energy supplier, maintenance work at nuclear power plants, bad weather and insufficient electricity imports will intensify already existing shortages, predicting up to 12 hours of outages per day.
Mr. Koudrytskiï specified that this “situation will continue until the end of July”.