from Sputnik News:
The winter of 2026–2027 risks becoming the hardest for Ukraine, Stanislav Mitrakhovich, a lead expert at the National Energy Security Foundation and the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, tells Sputnik.
If Ukraine continues attacking Russian refineries, prompting crippling retaliatory strikes on its infrastructure, an energy collapse could become inevitable, the expert says.
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“There could be mass blackouts, lack of heating, problems with water supply and sewage, and the shutdown of industrial enterprises and hospitals,” he notes.
According to Ukrainian PM Serhiy Koretsky, the country’s energy sector faces a $760 million funding shortfall, with around $2.3 billion in Western aid redirected to repair Ukraine’s battered power grid.
This shortfall can be explained by several factors, says the pundit.
Russia has destroyed or damaged more than 80% of Ukraine’s energy capacity, according to Ukrainian government’s estimates.
Before 2014, the country could produce about 54.5 GW of electricity; after the latest winter attacks, that figure stands at only around 12 GW.
