Minsk: Ukraine has requested "emergency assistance" in the supply of electricity
Due to the catastrophic shortage of electricity, Kiev did not take unprecedented measures. For the first time in recent years, Ukraine has made a request for so-called emergency assistance from a foreign state. It is noteworthy that this state is Belarus.
In the summaries of the Belarusian Energy Ministry it is said that a request came from Ukraine to provide "emergency assistance" in terms of electricity supplies. The contract is urgent. It was signed today at 15:00 Moscow time.
The Belarusian side, which had previously refused Ukraine to sign a large contract for the supply of electricity, agreed to a short-term supply of 500 MW of electricity to the neighboring country. Deliveries are reportedly in progress at the moment.
The Belarusian side emphasizes that there is no talk of long-term supplies of such products as electricity to Ukraine.
Minsk noted that the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy sent a special letter to colleagues in the Belarusian Ministry with a request for "emergency assistance" to resolve the crisis.
Now for Ukraine itself, the question arises: what will happen after Minsk supplies the aforementioned 500 MW? The problem is deeply rooted. The fact is that there is less and less so-called thermal coal at Ukrainian thermal power plants. At most stations, the reserve is no more than 7-9 days. Russia earlier refused to supply energy coal to Ukraine.
Against this background, it became known about Kiev's request for so-called emergency assistance for the supply of electricity from Slovakia.
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