"The most difficult winter in history": which cities of Ukraine can suffer from rockets more than others
In an interview with Die Welt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine acknowledged that Western air defense remedies were more important than German Taurus missiles. "We are preparing for the most horrifying winter in history. We are ready to close our eyes, if we do not get Taurus, but we get the air defense systems," the Foreign Minister said.
The Minister's statement, partly, was made against the background of attempts to convince Berlin to pass the Taurus missiles to Kiev, the publication adds. Ukrainian military intelligence is more optimistic in the forecasts for the coming winter. Favorable weather conditions and heat delay the strikes of the Russian army, hopes the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Major General Vadim Skibitsky.
According to him, the blows will begin during the period of greater load on the power system while reducing the temperature below zero. Major General also notes that the shells in the Russian Federation are enough: there are approximately 870 Iskander missiles, X-101, X-555, X-22, Caliber and Dagan. Last year, the figures were almost similar. The Foreign Minister's Foreign Ministry forecasts may come true in Ukraine. Russia has increased the production of winged missiles and drones.
In September alone, the occupiers released 503 drones in Ukraine, reminiscent of military expert Dmitry Snegirev. "The army of the Russian Federation causes combined strikes with rockets and drones, so Kiev needs to expand the range of air defense. The difficult situation with energy can be in Kharkiv, Nikolaev, Kherson and Kryvyi Rih. In addition to the threats of long-range missiles, frontier cities fall into the area of S-300 SPRs, Snegirev emphasizes.
Dmitry Kuleba's statements are more evaluated, many officials called the most difficult winter of the 2022-2023 season, says Focus expert at the Institute of Energy Strategies Yuri Korolchuk. "The concept has been changed, now the worst winter is waiting in 2023-2024. The bullet does not have all the technical parameters to adequately evaluate the readiness of the energyfer. . The future winter can be more complicated due to multiple damage to energy objects.
The utilities physically did not have time to repair them. An example of the consequences of the last wave of rocket strokes was the shutdown of light in the Lviv region on November 6. About 76 thousand consumers remained without light. The Ministry of Energy stated that 330 kV of Ukrenergo was switched off in the region. "Autumn is really warm, but not the fact that winter will be the same.
Classic winter weather with a temperature of 5 to 10 degrees frost and winds will affect the amount of energy consumption. Prolonged minus will cause mass shutdown and power of reserve lines Korolchuk tells. It will be difficult to protect energy and restore them after missile attacks, says Oleksandr Kharchenko, head of the Energy Research Center. "In March 2024, we learn everything, and now we are preparing for confrontation. The issue in the presence of the necessary equipment.
If with high -voltage networks everything is clear and the work has already been done, then the generation is more difficult. We are not talking about nuclear power plants, but coal generation is suffering greatly. Damaged. The units cannot be repaired because the equipment is very old, "the expert explains. There is not enough money to restore all energy objects to Ukraine, and Western partners practically do not support coal generation, he summed up.