EU to urgently link electricity grid with Ukraine's

[Wicked Blue]

Reuters via Finnews

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Energy ministers from European Union countries on Monday agreed to urgently link a European power system to Ukraine’s grid, a move that would increase its independence from Russia following Moscow’s invasion of the country.

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Europe’s top gas supplier, has sharpened concerns of disruption to energy supplies and increased scrutiny of European Union countries’ reliance on imported fossil fuels.

It has also raised concerns about Ukraine’s own energy system, and EU ministers on Monday backed a long-planned link of Ukraine’s electricity grid with Europe’s.

“There was a broad agreement around the table. Based on this, we will move forward… to connect Ukraine’s electricity system as quickly as possible,” EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson said after the meeting.

https://finnews.org/2022/03/01/eu-to-urgently-link-electricity-grid-with-ukraines/

[Igel]

1. It's only reasonable that Russia would target civilian infrastructure.

Sherman did, why not Putin?

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3416442-russian-invasion-update-russian-invaders-blow-up-substations-in-kharkiv.html

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3416397-russian-aggressors-seeking-to-leave-kyiv-without-power-zelensky.html

They took (tried to take? Didn't follow that report up...) the Zaporizhzh'ya nuclear plant. Control the electrical plants, you control a lot of the population. Easy to take out C&C by blacking them out.

Channeling electricity to the grid from outside, provided that the frequency and voltage are compatible ... a great idea.

The English translations lag an hour or so from the original postings.

(7 years after 2015, I'm back to rummaging around in Ukr-language sites. Argh.)

[Lancero]

2. "move that would increase its independence from Russia following Moscow's invasion"

Energy independence my ass, Europe has refused for years to distance itself from Russian gas. They'll be just as, if not more so, at risk of Russia killing their grid.