Ukrainian specialists resumed the operation of two power units of one of the nuclear power plants, which were under scheduled repairs for 38 days. This will significantly reduce the deficit in the energy system of the state, which, first of all, will be felt by residents, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on the air of the telethon.

" ) will significantly reduce the deficit in the energy system itself in terms of generation. This is a very important decision, an important event today. And I am sure that our citizens will experience the deficit reduction, first of all,"

Galushchenko clarified that Ukraine now has two main reasons for limiting the supply of electricity to consumers - the lack of generation and problems with the transmission of electricity. Increasing generation at the expense of additional NPP capacities will reduce the size of the first problem.

" But today, by launching the relevant blocks, we are significantly reducing the deficit in the system. Accordingly, this will affect the duration of the outages,"

He stressed that the increase in electricity production is a definite response of the state to another Russian massive rocket attack on February 10..

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In addition, Galushchenko spoke about other work of the Ministry of Energy to increase electricity generation.. According to him, there are several directions.

" Next, we look at the possibility of using the equipment that was mothballed. The next, of course, is the decentralization of the energy system. And this is a whole range of diverse solutions, which, by the way, are already being actively implemented,"

In particular, the minister spoke about plans to diversify the possibilities of electricity production through gas turbine equipment.. As Galushchenko noted, this process has already begun.

“Besides, the important thing is the import of electricity, the ability to increase it to the maximum volume,” the head of the Ministry of Energy added..

It was previously reported that during a massive missile attack on Friday, the Russians did damage energy infrastructure in several areas, although they did not manage to completely destroy any of them.. Now the worst situation with the light in Kharkov, as well as Odessa, Kyiv and Khmelnytsky regions.