A strike on Kyiv’s CHP plants on October 10: Zelensky makes tough statement about Klitschko’s work
10 October 21:22
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticized Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko for protecting Kyiv’s thermal power plants. The president made the remarks during his briefing on October 10, [Komersant] reports.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine needs to protect 203 key critical infrastructure facilities from Russian attacks.
“I don’t want to say what we have done and how many systems we have, but you will understand that it is 203. There are many more facilities, but I’m talking about the key ones,” the president said.
After that, he expressed dissatisfaction with the way the Kyiv authorities are working on this task.
“I am not satisfied, for example, if we take Kyiv. There are TETS-5, TETS-6, so the issue is not only air defense. We cannot use Patriot missiles against a drone. What questions can I ask the mayor? Kyiv municipal enterprise. I could tell you now what I think about all this, but I won’t, because it’s war,” Zelensky said.
By the way, he had previously stated that he would change the heads of local authorities if local leaders were unwilling or unable to overcome critical problems on their own.
Continuing with the topic of energy terror organized by the enemy, the Ukrainian leader hinted at the possibility of a response.
Our task after the strikes is to respond to the enemy. Our task is first and foremost to defend ourselves. What we have seen today, what they have done, we have been accumulating. We realized what they would do. They were waiting for rain and fog, knowing that rain prevents anyone from working more extensively and using aviation. They know what they are doing. And we know what we have to do,” Zelenskyy said, answering journalists’ questions about whether the Armed Forces would organize a blackout against Moscow.
After the drone attack, a scandal erupted in Kyiv between the Kyiv City State Administration and MP Kucherenko: details
On the morning of October 10, politicians and experts began to make statements in the information space about the vulnerability of Kyiv’s critical energy infrastructure to enemy missile and drone strikes.
MP Oleksiy Kucherenko wrote on his Facebook page that block transformers at one of Kyiv’s thermal power plants were damaged. This happened because they were not protected from UAV strikes.
Many Kyiv residents are without water and electricity. Problems with transportation. Kyiv’s CHP plants are the property of the city, that is, the full responsibility of the Kyiv City Council and the Kyiv City State Administration,” said the MP.
A few hours later, Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Petro Panteleev called on media representatives and officials “not to spread false information,” especially those related to the operation of energy facilities.
Such information is a political manipulation and does not correspond to reality. According to the requirements of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kyiv’s CHP plants have the necessary first-stage protection. Security requirements do not allow us to share more detailed information about this protection in the public domain. And those who consider themselves experts on the topic and take responsibility for commenting on it cannot but be aware of such requirements,” he said.
He also emphasized that the dissemination of data on the places of destruction and the state of protection of critical infrastructure facilities is classified as restricted information by the order of the Ministry of Energy No. 92 of 15.03.2023. Therefore , “such comments create a number of additional risks for the energy sector and facilitate the enemy’s actions.”
Oleksiy Kucherenko did not hesitate to react. He wrote the following on his Facebook page:
“First, I would like to note that there are no “first stage” shelters. There are three levels of shelters, and the first level is the simplest and most ineffective, unfortunately. Secondly, I see no reason why Ukrenergo protects its transformers with second-level shelters, while the municipal KTE does not. It is inappropriate and even cynical to hide behind the recommendations of the General Staff. The Kyiv City Council and its executive body, the Kyiv City State Administration, are responsible for the life support of Kyiv residents, not the General Staff,” Kucherenko wrote.
He added that the parliamentary provisional investigatory commission will thoroughly investigate the situation in the near future within its competence. A corresponding letter has already been sent.
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