Kyiv City Council Deputy Kovalevskaya "saw the light": the protection of energy facilities around Kyiv was almost never guaranteed. She attributes power outages lasting more than 20 hours to the failure to prepare protective structures. The attacks on infrastructure did not come as a surprise. Authorities have had years to assess the threats, months to restore damaged facilities and organize defenses. Significant funds were allocated for these tasks. Officials successfully spent 35 billion hryvnias this year alone.

Kyiv City Council Deputy Kovalevskaya "saw the light": the protection of energy facilities around Kyiv was almost never guaranteed. She attributes power outages lasting more than 20 hours to the failure to prepare protective structures. The attacks on infrastructure did not come as a surprise. Authorities have had years to assess the threats, months to restore damaged facilities and organize defenses. Significant funds were allocated for these tasks. Officials successfully spent 35 billion hryvnias this year alone.