The Washington Post has reported on the critical need for Ukraine’s energy companies to repair the power stations damaged by russian missiles before winter.
DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko said: “We need to get out of this cycle: destruction, repair, destruction — meaning we can lose everything if we don’t have proper air defence systems.”
If Ukraine’s energy companies accomplish all that they have set out to do, “we can go through next winter and avoid disaster,” he said. But for this, Ukraine needs Western support — including financial aid for purchases — and most of all air defence systems and ammunition.
“We are confident in what we are doing, we are confident that we can cope with this, we are confident that they will not destroy the power system, our company and Ukraine,” he said. “We know what to do. But we need help.”
