Criticism of the president
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised the former head of NPC Ukrenergo« Vladimir Kudrytsky, saying that he failed to ensure the country's energy security.
According to the President, during the period of Russia's massive attacks on the energy system the company failed to protect critical infrastructure.
«As the head of a large system that was supposed to ensure the security of our energy sector, he did not do this,» Zelenskyy said.
Context.
The statement came amid another wave of missile and drone attacks on energy facilities, which left millions of consumers without power.
Previously. Kudrytskyi headed Ukrenergo since 2020 and was dismissed in the spring of 2025 after an audit of the system.
Current situation in the energy sector
At present, Ukraine is in the process of large-scale repairs of substations and generation facilities, and Ukrenergo is working on Increasing the resilience of energy networks to repeated attacks.
The government has announced that it is preparing a new strategy for protecting the power system with the involvement of international partners.
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