In Ukraine, on January 18, restoration work continued after Russian attacks on the energy sector; new enemy attacks occur every night. Due to the difficult situation, repairs are being carried out around the clock, and solutions are also being implemented to increase electricity imports.

President Vladimir Zelensky spoke about this in his evening address to Ukrainians at the end of the 1425th day of the war.. The video was published by the press service of the OP on the YouTube channel.

Throughout Sunday, January 18, the head of state received reports from Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko and Energy Minister Denis Shmygal.

“In fact, almost 58 thousand people work around the clock and only in repair teams on electrical networks and generation facilities, on heating networks. The resources of Ukrzaliznytsia and other state companies have been attracted,” Zelensky noted.

As for Kyiv, where the situation is very difficult, 50 additional teams from all over the country are helping with repairs.. The necessary equipment and the necessary teams are actually sent manually to residential buildings that do not have heating..

“It’s also difficult in the Kiev region, especially in the northern part of the region, also in the Boryspil region,” the president added.

In border and frontline regions, the restoration of networks and facilities is complicated due to virtually constant shelling. These are Kharkov, Chernihiv region, Sumy region, Dnieper region, Zaporozhye - these regions receive special attention. “There was a lot of work in the Poltava region and Odessa to stabilize the situation in the energy sector,” Zelensky said.

He thanked all the teams, energy companies - both public and private - leaders of cities and communities, “who are really with their people and really help us.”.

" I want to thank the partners who fulfill our agreements on the supply of necessary resources, machinery, equipment. In particular, the other day our agreements with Italy began to be implemented, we talked about this with Giorgia Meloni: now support packages - and these are very important things, very important equipment - are being imported to Ukraine,” the president said.

Zelensky also noted the Naftogaz team, whose facilities are also targets of the Russian aggressor.

“All week there were attacks on the company’s facilities in different regions, the last one was on gas production, and this attack happened yesterday (January 17. – Ed. It is very important that private Ukrainian companies work together with the government, together with the state and together with the state system, to add stability to the country. This is exactly what is needed – for everyone to work together, everyone is on the Ukrainian team,” he emphasized.

On Sunday, NSDC Secretary Rustem Umerov reported on meetings with representatives of American leader Donald Trump: “There have already been several rounds of negotiations - they are working on the documents that are needed to end the war. It is important that the Ukrainian team fully informs the American side about what is happening in Ukraine and about the constant Russian attacks on our energy system. If the Russians really seriously wanted to end the war, they would focus on diplomacy, and not on missile attacks, not on blackouts and attempts to harm even our nuclear power plants,” the head of state noted.

Kyiv has data on objects that Russian troops scouted to plan attacks.

“Everything clearly indicates that diplomacy is definitely not a priority for Russia. We must admit it. We must continue to put pressure on the aggressor and the real reason for this war - the reason is Moscow. This week we will work for such new pressure and a clear position of the world towards Russia,” Zelensky said.

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