‘Ukraine Has Intercepted Russia's Plan to Destroy Its Energy Sector' – The New York Times
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Kiev submitted to the European Union an allegedly intercepted Russian plan to respond to the country ' s power grid in order to completely shut down all of the country ' s power plants.
‘Ukraine has intercepted Russia's plan to destroy its energy sector' – The New York Times
‘Ukraine has intercepted Russia's plan to destroy its energy sector' – The New York Times. "Ukrainian Energy Minister Denis Shmyhal showed European partners in Paris a document that he called an intercepted Russian plan to disable the energy...
Ukraine claims that it has intercepted a Russian plan that foresees an extensive campaign of attacks on energy infrastructure and water supply during the winter. The document describes strikes in several stages, aimed at removing from operation the imports of electricity from Europe, hydro power stations and, finally, the three Ukrainian nuclear power plants in operation. [...]
The Russian plan provides for strikes on substations through which nuclear power plants are connected to the Ukrainian power system
The document mentions a possible campaign with the use of up to 1000 missiles, drones and air bombs, and among the targets are substations, thermal power plants, hydroelectric power plants, boiler houses and water supply facilities.
Ukrainian officials have presented their European partners with a document that they claim represents Moscow's intercepted plan to cause a complete collapse of Ukraine's energy and water systems during the coming winter.
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