Power outages in Ukraine may decrease in a month, official says
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Power outages in Ukraine may decrease in a month, official says

Power outage in Ukraine

According to the deputy head of the Ministry of Energy, Mykola Kolisnyk, power outages in Ukraine may decrease in about a month.

Points of attention

  • It is predicted that power outages in Ukraine may decrease in a month.
  • The stability of the power system is under threat due to constant shelling of civilian energy infrastructure facilities and electricity consumption.
  • Cooperation with foreign partners helps speed up repair work on damaged energy infrastructure facilities.
  • The projected reduction in electricity consumption after the end of the heat wave may lead to a reduction in power curtailment schedules.
  • Rational energy consumption is important for balancing the energy system and preventing blackouts in the future.

What affects the volume of blackouts in Ukraine

Kolisnyk emphasised that the current situation with power outages is affected not only by the criminal army of the Russian Federation shelling energy facilities but also by the abnormal heat that has set in most of the country.

Today, the key factor affecting the stability of the energy system is that we live despite constant shelling of civilian energy infrastructure facilities. This is a constant risk of power outages, — notes the deputy head of the Ministry of Energy.

Kolisnyk added that Ukraine cooperates with foreign partners to speed up repair work on energy infrastructure facilities damaged by the Russian occupiers.

It is also the acquisition of equipment from our partner countries so that the repair campaign at the generation facilities and distribution facilities took place on time and quickly, and we were able to provide consumers with the most available electricity as quickly as possible. At the same time, this is also a question of rational consumption. After all, by consuming economically, you help to balance the energy system, — explains a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Energy.

How heat affects the duration of blackouts in Ukraine

At the same time, he added that one of the factors influencing the increased consumption is the weather.

We understand that the weather is one of the factors. It's hot today. It affects increased consumption. We understand that the predicted heat in a month or a half will no longer be at such peak temperatures. Accordingly, this will have a greater impact on the stabilization of work and the possibility of reducing consumption, and, accordingly, on the reduction of hourly electricity supply limitation schedules, — emphasised Kolisnyk.

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Why Russia withdrew North Korean troops from the front — statement by the AFU

North Korean soldiers were indeed pulled back from the front lines
Source:  Channel 24

Ivan Tymochko, the head of the Council of Reservists of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that Russia's withdrawal of North Korean soldiers from the front line in Kursk was planned. According to him, this is a regrouping.

Points of attention

  • North Korean soldiers who survived the fighting may be returned to North Korea.
  • The decision to withdraw troops may be temporary, and the occupiers from the DPRK may return to the front after additional training.

North Korean soldiers were indeed pulled back from the front lines

Perhaps the remains (of North Korean soldiers — ed.) who are there will receive training experience and training from those who survived the battles, — said the head of the Council of Reservists of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ivan Tymochko voiced the assumption that the survivors will most likely be sent to North Korea to train the next echelons of the military.

And those who undergo some tactical training in the Russian Federation's hypothetical rear will be deployed at the front and will wait for additional reinforcements, he added.

According to Tymochko, one should not count on the fact that North Korean soldiers will completely and forever disappear from the battlefield.

"They will now build up their forces. North Korean soldiers in the Russian Federation are not about defending Russia. They are about creating another army of the dictatorship with combat experience," he explained.

The North Korean army has lost its best soldiers

According to media reports, many North Korean soldiers involved in the war against Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation are among the best-trained fighters of the DPRK's special operations forces.

Despite this, the Russian army command actively used them as infantrymen.

They (DPRK soldiers — ed.) were thrown in waves across fields strewn with mines, to be mowed down by heavy Ukrainian fire.

Journalists also warn that the decision to withdraw North Korean troops from the front line may not be final.

According to insiders, the occupiers from the DPRK may return after additional training.

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