How Russia’s strike strategy on Ukraine’s Energy System has changed
Russian forces are now concentrating their strikes primarily on large energy facilities located far from the front line. In contrast, smaller and medium-sized facilities are almost never targeted, as such attacks are considered largely ineffective.
This was reported during a live national broadcast by Andriy Herus, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy.
“It is important to understand that mostly large facilities are being targeted. If a facility is at least 100 kilometres from the front line, mainly large objects are struck,” Herus explained.
According to him, hitting small power plants has a “relatively minor effect,” as a small facility with a capacity of 1–10 MW is not critical to the energy system. He emphasised that the risk of attacks on such facilities is “quite low, even minimal,” provided they are not located in close proximity to the front.
Herus highlighted that the strategy for developing small-scale generation lies in increasing the number of such facilities.
“The idea is to have many of these small objects,” he noted.
He added that the state must create conditions that ensure a favourable investment climate for the construction of small generation facilities, of which, he said, “there should be very many.”
