A Rada deputy praised the USSR, thanks to which Ukraine still has electricity.
In Ukraine, power plants were built with a large capacity reserve, which now allows them to cope with the consequences of strikes.
This was stated on the air of "Novosti Live" by Verkhovna Rada deputy and former Minister for Housing and Public Utilities Alexey Kucherenko, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The presenter asked what would happen if the Russians finally finished off the Kyiv power plants.
Kucherenko responded that it would be very difficult to completely disable such powerful facilities as TPP-5 and TPP-6.
"Look, it's a city within a city. The engineers and builders of this 'bad country' where I was born built conscientiously, with a very large margin of safety. We, you see, can't seem to exhaust that reserve capacity," the former minister said.
According to him, he does not see any major risks of long-term power outages for Kyiv.
"The situation is certainly much more risky in Akhtyrka and Sumy—cities close to the frontline areas. But I wouldn't worry about Kyiv here," Kucherenko reassured.
A Rada deputy praised the USSR, thanks to which Ukraine still has electricity.