Oleksandr Kharchenko, Director of the Energy Research Center.

-Why did Kyiv find itself in a situation of massive emergency power outages and what are the consequences of Russian strikes on the energy infrastructure?
-What is Russia's plan to cut off power to Kyiv and why did the occupiers manage to partially implement it?
-Why is the Kyiv metro stopped after the Russian attacks and how vulnerable is the capital's power system?
-Why does Ukraine lack money, equipment and specialists to prepare for winter?
-How is the European bureaucracy delaying the supply of critically important energy equipment?
-Can certain areas of Kyiv really remain without electricity for up to 16 hours a day?
-What is the situation with power supply in Odessa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhia and other Ukrainian cities?
-Why does Kharchenko consider Vinnytsia an example of effective preparation for winter and what is wrong with the "Zhytomyr miracle"?
-Should Kyiv residents move to western Ukraine to avoid long power outages in winter?
-Is Kyiv in danger of water and sewage shutdown due to Russian strikes?
-Why is it impossible to fully protect heating mains and how did Russian missiles leave part of the Darnytsia district without heating?
-What is known about Russian plans to destroy the Ukrainian energy sector and how realistic are the published calculations of strikes?
-Who should be responsible for Kyiv's insufficient preparation for winter - the city authorities, the government or other responsible structures?
-Why, according to Kharchenko, should preparations for massive strikes on the heating supply have started several years ago?
-Can Russian attacks on substations lead to a reduction in the capacity of Ukrainian nuclear power plants?
-Why does Kharchenko call some of the regional resilience plans unrealistic and how many years will it take to implement them?
-How do the change of government and the consequences of the corruption scandal around Mindich affect the Ukrainian energy sector?
-What could be the worst-case scenario for the coming winter and are Ukrainians facing an energy apocalypse?

The answers to these questions are in the new issue of LIGA.Interview:

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Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Oleksandr Kharchenko — guest of LIGA.net

00:00:59 - Russian strikes on Kyiv: what is happening to the energy system?
00:02:00 - Russia's plan: to leave Kyiv without electricity for dozens of hours
00:03:00 - Why did the Kyiv metro stop and what facilities were affected?
00:04:25 - Who is responsible for preparing Kyiv for winter?
00:05:00 - Lack of funding: why is the equipment not arriving on time?
00:06:10 - Lack of specialists and problems with European assistance
00:08:15 - Can Kyiv residents go without electricity for 16 hours?
00:09:00 - Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhia: where is the situation the most difficult?
00:11:00 - Is there a "Zhytomyr miracle" in the energy sector?
00:12:25 - Why has Vinnytsia become an example of winter preparation?
00:13:20 - Is it worth moving to the west of Ukraine due to the outage?
00:14:25 - Survival mode: what will happen to water and sewage in Kyiv?
00:15:10 - Is Kyivvodokanal ready to work without electricity?
00:16:45 - Why is it impossible to protect all heating mains from Russian missiles?
00:18:20 - How did the Darnytsia district end up without heating?
00:20:00 - Russian plans for energy strikes: how dangerous are they?
00:21:40 - Will Ukraine have enough resources to recover from new attacks?
00:22:15 - How bureaucracy and criminal cases are slowing down preparations for winter?
00:24:40 - Are Kyiv residents right to blame Klitschko?
00:25:20 - Why did preparations for the energy crisis start late?
00:27:10 - Will Ukraine have to reduce the capacity of nuclear power plants?
00:28:50 - Regional resilience plans: why are some of them unrealistic?
00:30:40 - How did the change of government affect preparations for the heating season?
00:31:10 - Mindić's corruption scandal and its consequences for the energy sector
00:32:40 - The worst-case scenario of winter: is an energy apocalypse possible?
00:34:40 - How long can an apartment building last without electricity and heat?
00:35:10 -...