Comments by "Tim Trewyn" (@timtrewyn453) on "Why is Russia attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure? | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast" video.

  1. Early in the conflict I had a conversation with Ukrainian electric utility personnel. They were quite impressive as to thinking of creative ways to keep serving electricity. They always had connections with European suppliers and Ukrainian suppliers of the materials they need to maintain their systems. They understood the necessity of improving the security of their own manufacturing capabilities. They have already demonstrated this creativity in keeping electricity available as long as they have. They understood that they should reach out to the US Department of Energy, but more importantly the energy departments of their European partners. When the time comes to start restoring or putting up new buildings, I think the electricity needed to help with that is going to be there. We agreed we should not publicly talk about these creative methods in the interest of denying the Russians tactical insight, although Russian electric utility personnel are also quite capable.
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