Kim agreed with Germany for additional energy generation: «A concrete result of the trip to Berlin» Kim agreed with Germany for additional energy generation

The head of Mykolayiv RMA Vitaii Kim and the German Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Jäger, photo: OVA press service

The head of Mykolaiv RMA Vitalii Kim held a meeting with the German Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Jäger, the main purpose of which was to discuss issues of additional energy generation for the region.

Vitaly Kim announced this on his Telegram page.

In particular, he noted that these are already «concrete results of his working trip to Berlin».

«We discussed further cooperation in the field of financing the purchase of additional sources of electricity and thermal energy generation, as well as preliminary agreements reached at the Conference on the Reconstruction of Ukraine in Berlin,» Kim wrote.

According to him, Martin Jäger confirmed Germany's readiness to continue supporting and financing energy projects in Ukraine.

«Thanks to cooperation with German partners, we will not only modernize the infrastructure of the Mykolaiv Oblast, but also make it more resistant to future challenges,» added the head of Mykolaiv Oblast.

Meeting with German partners, photo: press service of Mykolaiv RMA

Vitalii Kim, photo: press service of the Mykolaiv RMA

Shelling of the energy industry in the spring of 2024

On March 22, Russia carried out the first massive shelling of energy infrastructure facilities this year. The Russian army attacked Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Odesa, and other regions of Ukraine.

The biggest was the attack on the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Zaporizhzhia. This is one of the largest and most powerful hydraulic structures in Ukraine. A rocket attack on the Dnipro HPP resulted in damage to two stations and a dam that are part of its structure.

Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Research Center, says that by winter, Ukraine needs to restore at least 25-30% of the damaged heat generation: «We need to fully involve imports. Also, before winter, we need to restore as much as possible from coal generation, from hydro generation and build facilities in gas generation as much as possible.»

At the same time, according to the Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko, it is not appropriate to make any predictions about the difficulty of the next winter for the energy industry of Ukraine. In his opinion, now no one will be able to say with which generation Ukraine will end up in the winter: «Actually, everything looks comforting, because the system, despite the Russian strikes, is intact.»

The BBC predicts that Ukrainians can spend up to 20 hours a day without electricity or heating in winter.