Cabinet of Ministers dismisses top officials responsible for energy
30 July 2024 15:03
At its meeting on 30 July, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ordered the dismissal of Ruslan Slobodian, head of the State Energy Supervision Inspectorate of Ukraine, and Yuriy Vlasenko, First Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine. This was reported on the government’s Telegram channel, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
“The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has dismissed Ruslan Slobodian from the post of Head of the State Energy Supervision Inspectorate of Ukraine and Yuriy Vlasenko from the post of First Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine,” the statement said.
The decision to dismiss them was explained by the fact that both officials would move to another job. They were both appointed members of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) instead.
Anatoliy Zamulko will temporarily act as the head of the State Energy Supervision Inspectorate. However, it is not yet known who will be appointed to replace former Deputy Energy Minister Vlasenko.
The Cabinet of Ministers also dismissed Nazar Tanasyshyn from the post of Deputy Minister of Social Policy.
In addition, the government appointed Andriy Teliupa as Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine and temporarily entrusted Oleksiy Migrin with the duties of Deputy Head of the State Emergency Service.
Situation in the Ukrainian energy sector
on 29 March 2024, Russia resumed its attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector, carrying out the most massive shelling in the entire period of the full-scale war. In particular, DniproHES and other Ukrainian energy facilities were hit. Since then, Russia has been regularly shelling Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
For example, the Russians destroyed the Trypillia and Zmiiv thermal power plants, causing Centrenergo to lose 100% of its generation. Also, 5 of DTEK’s 6 thermal power plants were severely damaged.
After that, power outages started again in Ukraine, Ukrenergo introduced blackout schedules and the government raised electricity tariffs by 60% at once.
At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to build two new units at the Khmelnytsky N PP and has already received the approval of the relevant parliamentary committee. The Razumkov Centre has criticised these plans, but some experts believe that only traitors or scoundrels are against the construction of nuclear power plants today.
