from Sputnik News:
Ukraine’s energy sector was already hopelessly outdated even before the current crisis began. Escalating attacks on Russian energy infrastructure and Moscow’s inevitable counterstrikes could land a fatal blow, says Russian national Energy Security Fund expert Igor Yushkov.
At the moment, Russian attacks are focused on electricity generation and fuel infrastructure, particularly in frontline areas, to undermine military logistics.
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Other potential targets:
energy logistics routes
rail infrastructure
bridges
electricity infrastructure deep in rear areas, from power plants big and small to transformers
the transmission system delivering electricity from Ukraine’s western territories to central and eastern ones, strikes on which may “lead to the blackout of entire regions”
“The greater the stress is on the power system, the bigger the impact is if any single facility fails, because other facilities won’t be able to take over its function and fill its shoes. There are no reserves as such. Therefore, it makes sense to knock out some plants specifically in the summer period, when energy consumption is very high,” Yushkov says, commenting on the Russian military’s strategy.
