© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view shows power lines at a compound of a power infrastructure object, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mykhailo Moskalenko
"A lot has gone to just repairing what has been destroyed. And have we been able to build an additional resilience? Are we in a better position than last winter? I don't think so," said Marcus Lippold, an energy team leader at the European Union's enlargement arm. But the United Nations estimated in June that Ukraine's power generation capacity had been reduced to roughly half the levels before Russia's full-scale invasion in February, 2022. Out of nearly 37 gigawatts , more than 19 GW have been destroyed, damaged or occupied.
Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovy said in August that his western city of about one million people, located far from the trenches in the east and south, should prepare for being without electricity for up to two months. "The energy system is not as reliable and with a smaller reserve capacity than it was before the targeted strikes," he said."But at the same time, Russian terror will no longer be a surprise and everyone is preparing for it."
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