The Ukrainian government has appealed to the Greens to let the last nuclear power plants in Germany continue to run beyond the end of the year. The coming winter will be a “key winter,” says Mykhailo Podoliak, the closest adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to the “Tagesspiegel”. In view of the throttling of Russian gas supplies, it does not make sense to shut down the three plants in December
“We absolutely have to use everything we have to do it as quickly as possible to create a new energy map in Europe and to stop financing Russia’s war”, stresses the presidential adviser. This is also a question of leadership. “We are paying a high price, many people are dying. We hope that our partners see and understand this price and do everything possible on their part,” says Podoljak.