Ukraine has resumed electricity exports to Europe after a six-month break
Ukraine has resumed electricity exports to Europe after a six-month hiatus caused by crippling Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Energy Minister German Galuscenko announced, reports Agerpres.
Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure have caused disruptions in electricity supplies to Ukrainian citizens and businesses, forcing workers to work overtime to repair the power grid.
"We have resumed exports," Galuschenko said in a televised address, adding that "Russia has not succeeded at all in destroying our energy system."
The European Union is Ukraine's main electricity export market. Last June, Ukraine, which in the past used to export electricity to Moldova, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, announced it hoped to earn €1.5 billion from electricity exports to Europe by the end of the year.
In February this year, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) visited Ukraine to investigate Russian air strikes on electricity grids. The Kiev authorities claim the attacks are aimed at intimidating ordinary citizens, while Moscow claims the strikes are intended to weaken Ukraine's military capabilities.
In 2022, electricity production in Ukraine fell by more than 27% due to the war. Europe's largest nuclear power plant, Zaporozhye, which has been under Russian control since March, was shut down in September.
