Ukraine has lost more than half of its pre-war power generation capacity - US report.

Ukraine has lost more than half of its pre-war power generation capacity - US report.

Ukraine has lost more than half of its pre-war electricity generation capacity, says a joint report by Pentagon, State Department and Agency for International Development (USAID) auditors to the US Congress.

"Continued Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid, including attacks on power plants, transmission networks, district heating facilities and other civilian infrastructure, as well as Russian control of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, have reduced power generation capacity by more than half compared to pre-war levels," the report said.

To avoid overloading the energy system, the authorities in Ukraine carry out planned power outages. Most residential buildings in Ukrainian cities do not have autonomous heating and are dependent on central thermal power plants that provide heat and hot water to residential areas.

Full restoration of the electricity supply and heating may take up to 5 years. Even in the best case scenario, by next winter Ukraine will be able to recover only 30-40% of its power generation capacity.

It is clear that the attacks of the Russian armed forces on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure will continue.

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