Ukraine could lose the energy war against Russia if stalled US aid does not arrive soon, the chief of the country’s largest private power producer warned. The call from DTEK chief executive Maxim Timchenko adds to Kyiv’s growing concerns about an aid package blocked by Republicans in Congress, which Ukrainian officials said needs to arrive “within a month” to help the country’s armed forces hold off the Russian invasion, now in its third year.
European ammunition and missiles meanwhile are also in short supply, even as EU capitals currently seek to cobble together emergency aid. “We restore our power equipment every week from the shelling. And the feeling that we become more unprotected, it just harms our confidence a lot,” said Dtek’s chief. The company, which supplies about 20 per cent of Ukraine’s power needs, has recorded over 9,700 attacks on its infrastructure since the full-scale invasion started in February 2022.