Ukraine could have a very difficult upcoming winter. It is facing major energy challenges, and the country has lost 50-80% of its energy generation capacity. The country’s ruling class knows it too because back in August, Kyiv’s Energy Minister German Galushchenko warned that this winter would be the toughest yet, due to power outages.

Ukrainians Were Told To Prepare For A Difficult Winter

The slave class is likely going to experience a very difficult winter this year, thanks to the ongoing war. Since Galushchenko’s warning during the summer, the energy situation has only worsened. Ukraine suffered one of the most severe strikes on its energy infrastructure, late last month and the ensuing damage led Vladimir Zelensky to dismiss key energy sector officials. One of those was the Adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine Rostislav Shurma and the CEO of the electricity transmission operator Ukrenergo, Vladimir Kudritskiy.

“Energy resilience is one of our biggest challenges this fall and winter. We’ve successfully survived three heating seasons, but the upcoming winter may be the toughest yet,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal said a few weeks ago on Telegram. 

The ruling class is currently “criticizing” each other over inadequate preparations for energy during the upcoming winter months.

Russia Attacks Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure

Galushchenko further admitted that the current production levels of energy won’t allow the Ukrainian slave class to comfortably survive the colder months. ”We need to prepare for a difficult winter. Unfortunately, it will really be more difficult than the previous one. Nevertheless, we must try to establish autonomous energy supply systems. For our part, we will do everything to make sure that that is not needed,” he said on Telegram. 

Ukraine’s electricity shortage is not only due to strikes on energy infrastructure. Scheduled maintenance and malfunctioning nuclear power plants (NPPs) have also played a role in the crisis. Inna Sovsun, a member of the Verkhovna Rada’s (Ukrainian Parliament) Committee on Energy and Housing Services, warned that recent breakdowns at the Yuzhnoukrainskaya and Khmelnitskaya Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) deprived the country of 800 megawatts of power or approximately 6% of total electricity generation.

According to Vladimir Omelchenko, director of energy programs at the Razumkov Center, the failure of just one NPP reactor could lead to large-scale blackouts for consumers, potentially as soon as this month. –RT

Unsurprisingly, residential areas (where the slaves live) will be hit the hardest. Because we know the ruling classes will take care of the war machine first.