5 requirements necessary to protect Ukraine’s critical infrastructure

Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to the Head of the Office of President of Ukraine, shared the information in an interview with Channel 24.

According to him, Ukraine's partners understand that there is a war against Ukraine’s energy facilities, and he listed five main requirements necessary to ensure the protection of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.

"The first requirement is a supply of air defense systems. This requirement is already being fulfilled. This is very important because there will be shellings, there are still a certain number of missiles and drones [that Russia can launch on Ukraine]. But we significantly accelerated the negotiations in order to make the legendary "closed sky" a reality,” - said Podolyak.

He emphasized that Ukraine also needs spare parts for repairing current transformers.

"The second requirement is to supply additional spare parts so that current transformers can be quickly repaired. This is very important. Our repair teams should have something to rely on in terms of tools and additional materials," explained Podolyak.

He also emphasized the need for physical protection of critical facilities.

"We have to protect any facilities that distribute or generate electricity. Now people who want to ensure the physical protection of facilities are actively engaged in this issue," said Podolyak.

He added that scheduled power outages are also an important requirement to stabilize the energy situation.

"Of course, at this point, not all power outages are going according to a schedule, there are emergency outages, but we will somehow fix all of this over time, and we will work out the optimal schedule in order not to have peak hours," Podolyak assured.

In addition, he informed that Ukraine is negotiating the supply of electricity from abroad.

"We are looking for a way to purchase certain amounts of electricity from our partners so that we can compensate for the losses in case it becomes too overwhelming for Ukraine’s facilities. That is, today the state is working to find ways to manage the consequences of all these attacks carried out by Russia," Podolyak concluded.

• On October 18, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced that since October 10, Russia had destroyed 30% of Ukrainian power plants.