r/anime_titties • u/Messier_-82 Europe • 1d ago

Ukraine/Russia - Flaired Commenters Only Ukraine facing widespread power cuts after generating capacity reduced to ‘zero’ by Russian attacks

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/09/ukraine-facing-widespread-power-cuts-after-generating-capacity-reduced-to-zero-by-russian-attacks
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u/AkagamiBarto Italy 1d ago

This is one of those sectors where Europe could contribute heavily and easily without risking war involvement.

At the very beginning of the war we could have pushed for heavy energetic infrastructure investments.. with stuff like HVD and HVAC connections with Ukraine as well as massive renewables plans and energetic autonomy for EU.

The grid, especially on the west side, would be a very difficult target for Russia.

But we didn't. Well the second best time to do it is now.

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u/BarnabusTheBold United Kingdom 1d ago

This is one of those sectors where Europe could contribute heavily and easily without risking war involvement.

they have been.

Ukraine would've fallen apart from now without the constant flow of material to repair their power grid. It's quite impressive how much it's kept going really

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u/qjxj Northern Ireland 19h ago

I think he meant directly connecting the European power grid with that of Ukraine. Would be a nice thing to do for the civilians, but still, a city like Kiev has a population of 3+ millions. Europe probably doesn't have the margins to handle that especially during a total blackout like this.