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(Reuters) – Russia hit about 30% of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in its missile attacks on Monday and Tuesday, Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko told CNN in an interview.
(Reuters) – Russia hit about 30% of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in its missile attacks on Monday and Tuesday, Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko told CNN in an interview.
“We send this message to our partners: we need to protect the sky,” Halushchenko told CNN late on Tuesday, adding that Russia was disregarding international rules.
“They don’t care about any kind of international agreements or conventions.”
Ukraine urged civilians on Tuesday not to use domestic appliances like ovens and washing machines to save electricity as millions faced blackouts after the biggest Russian attack on its energy network since war broke out.
Moscow, which calls its actions in Ukraine a “special military operation” to eliminate dangerous nationalists and protect Russian speakers, has accused the West of escalating and prolonging the conflict by supporting Kyiv.
(Reporting in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
Energy infrastructure refers to the physical facilities and systems that generate, transmit, and distribute energy, including power plants, electrical grids, and pipelines.
Risk management is the process of identifying, assessing, and prioritizing risks, followed by coordinated efforts to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events.
Renewable energy is energy derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly, such as solar, wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy.
Infrastructure financing involves funding for the construction and maintenance of essential facilities and systems, such as transportation, utilities, and energy projects.
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