30-day energy ceasefire 'less than peanuts' for repairing Ukrainian infrastructure, expert says

Record ID: 1986109

  • Title: 30-day energy ceasefire 'less than peanuts' for repairing Ukrainian infrastructure, expert says
  • Date: 26th March 2025
  • Summary: UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, UKRAINE (RECENT - MARCH 17, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HEAVILY DAMAGED POWER STATION OWNED BY PRIVATE ENERGY COMPANY DTEK KYIV, UKRAINE (MARCH 26, 2025) (REUTERS) ENERGY EXPERT, OLEKSANDR KHARCHENKO, DURING INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENERGY EXPERT, OLEKSANDR KHARCHENKO, SAYING: "If we are talking about the ceasefire itself, we don't need 30 days,
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  • Keywords: Putin Trump Zelenskiy attack ceasefire drone electricity energy infrastructure power
  • Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, UKRAINE
  • City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001179526032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE OF DAMAGE TO UKRAINIAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE FOUND IN EDIT 0068-UKRAINE-CRISIS/CEASEFIRE-ENERGY
    A 30-day ceasefire on energy infrastructure is 'less than peanuts' for Ukraine, expert Oleksandr Kharchenko said on Wednesday (March 26), adding that years would be necessary to repair the country's facilities.
    "If we have a ceasefire for the next two-three years, it will give us a very good window to rebuild our energy system, to replace old and inefficient, and damaged or destroyed energy blocks by new capacity, which is highly manoeuvrable, highly efficient," Kharchenko said.
    Russia has pounded Ukraine's power grid with missiles and drones throughout the war, while Kyiv has launched long-range strikes on Russian oil and gas targets in attacks that have become a major aspect of the war to undermine each other's military and economical capacities.
    The international criminal court have issued arrest warrants to top Russian officials for strikes on Ukraine's power grid.
    Judges had found there were "reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the Russian armed forces against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure" between Oct. 10, 2022 and at least March 9, 2023, the ICC had said in a press release.
    The court's move was welcomed by Kyiv, but dismissed as legally meaningless by Moscow.
    The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday (March 25) with Ukraine and Russia to pause their attacks against energy targets and at sea, with Washington agreeing to push to lift some sanctions against Moscow.
    (Production: Manuel Ausloos, Sergiy Karazy)
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