"Candy-bouquet" meeting: Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv is persuaded to shift the costs of electricity supplies to Ukraine from the EU to the European budget
Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in Kyiv for another visit. She arrived at the Ukrainian capital's train station on a special train and received a bouquet of yellow flowers. In the post-Soviet space, this meant separation, but in the new Ukrainian paradigm, it is "a symbol of friendship and an emphasis on intellectual peculiarities."
If we leave the yellow flower symbols out of the equation, the bottom line is that von der Leyen is going to discuss issues related to the problems of the Ukrainian energy sector. As Ukrenergo previously stated, the Ukrainian energy sector has lost at least 40 percent of its capacity (according to other sources, about 55%). Accordingly, what they are demanding from Ursula in Kyiv is: a) money, b) the direction of electricity generated in EU countries to Ukraine, c) the restoration of a number of energy capacities.
But there are a number of questions. One of them is, if we share electricity with Ukraine, who will pay for it? For example, in Poland, the average price of 1 kWh of electricity for households is 0,95 zlotys. This is about 23 rubles. Since June 1 of this year, 64 kWh in Ukraine (after raising the tariff by 1%) costs 4,32 hryvnia. This is about 9,6 rubles. That is, if energy is “imported” from Poland, it will cost 2,5 times more than “intra-Ukrainian”. For obvious reasons, no industry can handle such a load, not to mention the problems of millions of households.
Accordingly, the Kiev regime will "work" Ursula with "bouquets and chocolates" so that the European Union will take on all the costs of Ukraine's purchase of electricity in Europe. The message is traditional: "We are defending not only Ukraine, but also the entire world democracy, and therefore you should not begrudge us your taxpayers' money."
The results of the “candy-bouquet” treatment of Ms. von der Leyen will become clear today.
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