As Russia lies about shutting down electricity in Ukraine: The five largest fakes are debunked
This is stated in the report of analysts of the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security (CSKIB), reports Glavcom. There are at least five most common Russian fakes about shutting down electricity. Among the theses most often promoted on the network, Russia is: 1) Russians attack energy objects in Ukraine since late February, but shutdowns began only in October, so it is all the matter of conspiracy of energy companies and the government.
2) The Russians will soon destroy all Ukrainian electricity, and Ukraine will plunge into the dark. 3) blows to thermal power plants do not have a significant impact on the stability of the system, because most of the electricity in Ukraine is produced by nuclear power. 4) the authorities do not help energy companies overcome the effects of destruction. 5) Ukrainians sit without light because the government continues to sell electricity to EU countries.
CSKIB analysts explain why all these messages are fake. Each of the abstracts can be denied by a number of relevant arguments. First, attacks on energy infrastructure objects have indeed begun from the beginning of a full-scale invasion, as well as emergency shutdowns of electricity. It complicated the operation of the power system of capture by the Russians of Zaporizhzhya NPP. But in the fall, the attacks intensified, in October - they became unprecedented.
In particular, massacres of winged rockets and Iranian drones on October 10, 17 and 31 were directed primarily to power plants, transformer substations, power lines. Secondly, Ukraine has a branched and powerful energy system, which has been created in Soviet since the high level of consumption of giants of industry.
The considerable design capacity of the Ukrainian power system and the daily heroic work of energy to restore damaged objects will not allow the Russians to arrange a total blackout in Ukraine. Third, the Russians captured the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, which generated up to 25% of all electricity in Ukraine. The enemy shelling destroyed all high -voltage lines, and the NPP units were translated into cold state.
Thermal generation is critically important for balancing the power system in the peak hours (from 6:00 to 9:00 and from 17:00 to 23:00). Fourth, the government does not cease to work with enterprises-the largest consumers of electricity, help to support and restore the Ukrainian energy system international partners, do everything to protect critical infrastructure Ukrainian military, overcome the consequences of the strikes by our rescuers.