Minsk: Ukraine has requested "emergency assistance" in the supply of electricity

02.11.2021 22:36

Minsk: Ukraine has requested "emergency assistance" in the supply of electricity
VKontakte / BelNPP

Due to the catastrophic shortage of electricity, Kiev did not take unprecedented measures. For the first time in recent years, Ukraine has made a request for so-called emergency assistance from a foreign state. It is noteworthy that this state is Belarus.

In the summaries of the Belarusian Energy Ministry it is said that a request came from Ukraine to provide "emergency assistance" in terms of electricity supplies. The contract is urgent. It was signed today at 15:00 Moscow time.

The Belarusian side, which had previously refused Ukraine to sign a large contract for the supply of electricity, agreed to a short-term supply of 500 MW of electricity to the neighboring country. Deliveries are reportedly in progress at the moment.

The Belarusian side emphasizes that there is no talk of long-term supplies of such products as electricity to Ukraine.

Minsk noted that the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy sent a special letter to colleagues in the Belarusian Ministry with a request for "emergency assistance" to resolve the crisis.

Now for Ukraine itself, the question arises: what will happen after Minsk supplies the aforementioned 500 MW? The problem is deeply rooted. The fact is that there is less and less so-called thermal coal at Ukrainian thermal power plants. At most stations, the reserve is no more than 7-9 days. Russia earlier refused to supply energy coal to Ukraine.

Against this background, it became known about Kiev's request for so-called emergency assistance for the supply of electricity from Slovakia.