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"Generators are as important as armour in helping Ukraine survive Vladimir
Putin’s energy terror this winter, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told an emergency
conference in Paris convened to coordinate infrastructure and humanitarian aid
to the country over the next four months.
A total of €1.05bn (£900m) in financial and in-kind aid was pledged but the
Ukrainian president said as well as surviving the winter the country needed an
additional €1.5bn to restore the long-term damage to the energy grid.
The aim of the conference is to set up an international coordination mechanism
to ensure Ukraine secures the right mix of generators, transformers, equipment
for the restoration of high-voltage networks, and gas turbines.
“We will do everything to counter the blackout and the energy terror. Most of
our power plants are damaged or destroyed by the bombings,” Zelenskiy said in
an address to the conference by video link.
“Every day our engineers have to disconnect millions of Ukrainians for these
repairs. Currently there are 12 million. And every day we expect new Russian
strikes. That’s why the generators have become as important as armour to
protect the population.”
Energy experts say the key task for Ukraine is not to avoid black-outs but to
ensure that each day all neighbourhoods are receiving at least three hours of
electricity, which requires a complicated distribution of the grid.
The French-inspired conference is designed to coordinate humanitarian aid to
Ukraine and is being attended by more than 40 countries and 30 multilateral
bodies."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
