Blackouts in Ukraine: can there be 20-hour blackouts in winter?

Ukraine may face power outages.

Enemy missile strikes damage critical infrastructure facilities. Ukrainians are preparing for a difficult winter, which may be accompanied by long blackouts.

Experts told “24 Channel” whether 20-hour power outages are possible in winter.

Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Industry Research Center and adviser to the government on energy issues, notes that due to the shortage of electricity in Ukraine, the winter will be difficult.

Thus, a sharp cooling and shocks to the nuclear energy system, together with previous destructions, can lead to blackouts.

Oleg Popenko, the head of the Housing and Housing Committee, noted that even if the temperature drops below 10 degrees, this is a serious case for our energy system.

“And secondly, it will have an immediate effect…