We need a Paris mechanism that will help to give timely answers to the challenges of the Russian energy terror - the appeal of the President of Ukraine to the participants of the conference "Solidarity with the Ukrainian people"
I remember Emmanuel, I called me on November 1 and suggested organizing this format. Massive rocket strokes against our energy have already taken place. The constant terror of Iranian drones has already begun. Russia has opened a new front against us, trying to provoke a humanitarian catastrophe around our country. Russia needs blackout in Ukraine to use it as if the defeat of Europe and all our democratic resistance.
In response, we founded a new format of cooperation and do everything for the sake of the country, for the sake of Ukrainians, against blackberries, against the energy terror. What do we have for today? Ukraine stood against hundreds of Russian blows of varying intensity in our energy. But now most of our power plants are unfortunately damaged or destroyed by shelling. All hydroelectric power plants, all thermal power plants . . . God forbid, but imagine what it would mean in your countries.
One of the Russian blows triggered the shutdown of all the atomic blocks of our NPPs, and automatics worked. Fortunately, without incidents. Only on the superficial, rapid restoration of Ukrainian energy -resistant Russian power, at least 1. 5 billion euros are required. Each time after every Russian blow, we try to restore the technical ability to generate and supply electricity.
But still, every day, our energymen have to disconnect millions of Ukrainians from supply due to critical electricity deficits in the general power system. Just about 12 million people in almost all areas and in the capital are disconnected from supply. Unfortunately, this is a typical situation for us. And we expect new Russian blows every day, which can extremely increase the number of shutdowns.
That is why generators and uninterrupted power supplies have become the same need in Ukraine now as armored vehicles and bulletproof vests. This is the only way to protect ordinary people and the social order in the conditions of Russian pond on blackout. In fact, the main decentralized energy generation system is now being built in Ukraine. It is built very quickly, in all regions, many entities. However, it cannot meet all the needs of Ukraine.
Yes, thousands of Ukrainian enterprises, small, medium -sized businesses, social objects continue to work through generators. Thus, hospitals operate on the generators, thanks to the generators preserved hundreds of thousands of jobs, the Internet, and communication is insured against shutdowns. More than 5,000 integrity points have been opened across the country - special objects where people can warm up, charge equipment, and use communication.
And I am grateful to all our partners who are already helping Ukraine with appropriate equipment to maintain this level of energy resistance of our country and society. However, the key task is to maintain the main power system of Ukraine, to guarantee its stable work despite any Russian efforts to make Ukraine the darkest place in Europe. That is why this format is needed.
Here and now we have to harmonize specific things that will not only help Ukraine withstand in winter, but also clearly prove any anti-democratic and anti-European forces, especially Russia, that Europe has learned to prevent catastrophe and protect its people. Ladies and Gentlemen! I will be as specific now. First. We need several categories of equipment. These are transformers, equipment for the restoration of high -voltage networks, gas turbine and gas -piston units.
Ukrainian representatives present at the conference can inform you about all the specifications of this request. Second. At least before the end of this heating season in Ukraine, we need emergency support from the European power system. That is, the supply of electricity from the European Union to Ukraine. Volume - up to two gigawatts. To make this possible, the solution of the Electricity Transfer Operators to increase import power is required.
Again, all the technical details of this decision will be represented by our officials who are present at the conference. Such electricity support can cost about 800 million euros at current prices. This is significant. But much less than it can cost us all blackouts in Ukraine. Therefore, I urge you to make one of the specific results of this conference of approval of all decisions for such support of Ukraine by supplying electricity from EU countries. Third.
By analogy with the IAEA observation missions, which have been agreed to all nuclear stations in Ukraine, we urge the European Union to send special missions to the objects of critical energy infrastructure, which are involved in the energy supply of Ukraine and which depends directly on the stability of our entire region. Such EU missions can be a reliable factor in stabilizing the situation and proper international control. Fourth.
Due to the destruction of power plants by terrorists, we are forced to use more gas this winter than expected. As a result, we need to support about 2 billion cubic meters of gas. It is also a necessary element of our stability that requires your leadership. Fifth. Another practical result of this conference could be an agreement on the financing of the project, which Emmanuel has already started to speak, with the purchase of LED lamps for Ukraine. Someone may not seem very significant.
But 50 million of such lamps will save about 1 gigawatted electricity. Given that the average deficit in our power system is about 2. 5 gigawatte, this project should also help significantly. And the sixth. We need a special constant mechanism for coordination of efforts - the Paris mechanism - which will help to give timely and effective answers to every challenge of the Russian energy terror.
Unfortunately, we still do not have such a modern air defense system that could knock up Russian missiles and drones 100%, but we can create such a decision -making system that can 100% make the meaning of Russia's terrorist tactics.
When Ukraine's energy resistance is guaranteed for all this winter period, when it is guaranteed that new waves of mass migration from our country to your countries will not appear, and no shock, no blackberries will help Russia, no search for weapons somewhere There in Iran or other places. Russia will have to think how to stop aggression. Finally stop. Energy is one of the keys to this. I believe that this key will be in our hands. I thank you for your attention! Thank you again, Mr.