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and its delivery to Ukrainian consumers at all hours of the day. In September, electricity was the most important export product for Ukraine after agricultural products. At the same time, according to Gerus, European partners understood Ukraine's decision to stop exporting electricity beginning October 11.
Ukraine begins testing the import of electricity from Slovakia. D.Trading, Energy Resource of Ukraine (ERU), and Energy Company of Ukraine (ECU) have started to explore the possibility of importing electricity after electricity exports were stopped due to Russian strikes on energy facilities, according to the results of the daily auctions of Ukrenergo. From October 16 to 27, these companies booked different crossing capacities, from 1 MW to 50 MW. At the same time, as of October 26, the ENTSO-E website recorded physical supply only on October 16, when D.Trading purchased a 50 MW intersection for four hours. ECU booked 3 MW at 4:00 a.m. and 2 MW at 5:00 a.m. on October 24, 1 MW at 5:00 a.m. on October 25, and 1 MW at 1:00 p.m. on October 26-27. ERU booked 1 MW at 4:00 a.m. on October 22.
The potential consequences of the Kakhovskaya HPP’s destruction. If Russian troops blow up the Kakhov Dam, the Ukrainian counteroffensive would only be delayed for a short time. However, the North Crimea Canal and the Zaporizhzhya NPP would not be able to function, explained the Head of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov. According to Budanov, in the event of intentional explosive destruction by the Russians, the left bank of Kherson would be completely flooded, and even the theoretical possibility of supplying water to the North Crimean Canal would be lost. The most important aspect is that the occupiers would destroy the possibility of the Zaporizhzhia NPP’s operability because of the plant’s absolute reliance upon the Kakhov facility’s function. In addition, as Budanov added, these actions would complicate the Armed Force’s advance for a certain time. But, according to Budanov’s estimates, this would amount to two weeks at the most. After that, the enemy would be forced to retreat directly to Crimea. “Are they ready for this? I think not," Budanov added.
Russian attacks cut electricity to over 1.4mn Ukrainian households. Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Oct. 22 cut off power supplies to 672,000 households in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, 188,400 in Mykolaiv Oblast, 102,000 in Volyn Oblast, 242,000 in Cherkasy Oblast, 174,790 in Rivne Oblast, 61,913 in Kirovohrad Oblast, and 10,500 in Odesa Oblast, according to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, a deputy chief of staff for President Volodymyr Zelensky. Repairs in these regions are underway, he added.
Russian missile strike completely destroys energy facility in Lutsk, Volyn Oblast. Lutsk Mayor Ihor Polishchuk said on Oct. 22 that it's currently impossible to restore the facility. He did not specify what facility he was referring to.
On October 10, Russia carried out the largest attack to date on Ukraine’s energy system. According to Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko, the enemy's goal is to destroy the entire energy system and make it impossible to reconnect electricity supplies from other sources, complicating a stable energy supply. At the same time, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Denys Monastyrskyi, called this attack the largest in modern history from the point of view of critical energy infrastructure. According to him, 74 strikes were
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