“We are doing our best,” Deputy Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk told CNN.
“I installed them so that my family would not feel uncomfortable when there is no electricity,” he told CNN.
The company told CNN it’s also halted the use of air conditioning in administrative buildings, and turned off outdoor lighting.
The G7, having already spent $3bn to date to support Ukraine’s energy sector, just announced another $1bn in funding in early June.
Ukraine’s energy ministry says it has been building concrete shelters to protect some energy equipment from attacks.
Persons:
CNN — Kateryna Serzhan, “, Keen, Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, …, Dmytro Sakharuk, DTEK, Thomas Peter, Yan Dobronosov, Svitlana Grynchuk, Denis Shmyhal, Serzhan, CNN it’s, Stepanov, Valentyn Ogirenko, Marta Trush, Igor Piddubnyi, Piddubnyi, ” CNN’s Clare Sebastian, Olga Voitovych, Svitlana Vlasova, Daria Tarasova, Markina
Organizations:
CNN, Reuters, Getty, Energy, Kyiv region’s, Ukraine’s, Companies, Railways, Kyiv School of Economics, “, National Bank of, Patriot, White House
Locations:
Kyiv, Ukraine, –, Moscow, Russia, Berlin, Russian, Europe, AFP, National Bank of Ukraine, “ Ukraine, Romania, London