This winter, Ukraine will have to import electricity and gas due to massive Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. This was stated by President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky during a press conference with high representative of the European Union Kaja Kallas on October 13, which was broadcast by Suspilne..

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" In perhaps one or two attacks we will need to import electricity. And we always use this opportunity during winter. And this opportunity is open to us,” the president said..

The president also said that due to Russian attacks on gas infrastructure, Ukraine is already discussing gas imports.

" But we are mainly talking about funds today; as of now, gas is not a problem. The problem is having enough funds to purchase this gas. We understand where you can buy it, we know what the price is,” Zelensky said.

He added that Ukraine has partners who are ready to supply gas without immediate payment. In particular, these are Norway and EU countries, as well as suppliers from the Middle East region.

\; We believe that he will be found,” the head of state stated..

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A meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters took place today. The main issue was the restoration and protection of the country's energy system after massive Russian attacks. In the military part of the meeting, they considered strengthening army aviation to combat drones.

Let us recall that on the night of October 10, Russian troops launched a combined attack on Ukraine. The occupiers launched 32 missiles and 465 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of various types across the territory of Ukraine. 13 direct missile hits and 60 attack UAVs were recorded at 19 targets. As a result of the attack, a significant number of consumers were de-energized in Kyiv, Kyiv, Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Chernigov, Cherkassy, \u200b\u200bKharkov, Sumy, Poltava and Odessa regions.