EnergyPoliticsWar Ukraine needs air defense systems to protect 20 facilities; the UN discusses protection of the Ukrainian energy sector. Wednesday, December 4, 2024

President Zelenskyy said that Ukraine needs additional air defense systems to protect 20 more special facilities from Russian air attack.

Meanwhile, on December 2 the UN discussed the problems of protecting Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure from Russian attack. The event at the UN headquarters was held simultaneously as Russia presented the “Technical Guide to Protecting Critical Energy Infrastructure from Terrorist Attacks.”

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe Miroslav Jenca noted that “since March of this year, Russian armed forces have been carrying out large-scale, systematic, and coordinated attacks on Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure with the obvious goal of damaging or destroying electricity generation, transmission and distribution facilities throughout the country.”

Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha in Brussels called on Ukraine’s allies to urgently provide additional air defense systems to strengthen the country’s energy resilience in the winter. “Ukraine needs at least 20 additional air defense systems such as the Hawk, NASAMS, or IRIS-T,” Sybiha stressed.