Kyiv buries grid amid outages

Kyiv began burying sections of Ukraine’s electrical grid to protect power infrastructure from Russian attacks, a costly, slow resilience measure officials said amid winter outages.

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Le Monde

LIVE: War in Ukraine — Kyiv begins burying its power grid underground to protect it from Russian attacks; the latest on the situation

This measure, presented as a key element of long-term energy resilience, remains costly and slow to implement: each site represents an investment of several tens of millions of dollars.

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung

COMMENTARY - The power grid is a perfect target for attacks. The population must finally prepare for a blackout!

When the power goes out, life comes to a standstill. Authorities can do little about it. What helps are water reserves in the basement — at least at first.

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Kyiv buries grid amid outages

LIVE: War in Ukraine — Kyiv begins burying its power grid underground to protect it from Russian attacks; the latest on the situation

COMMENTARY - The power grid is a perfect target for attacks. The population must finally prepare for a blackout!

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Kyiv buries grid amid outages

LIVE: War in Ukraine — Kyiv begins burying its power grid underground to protect it from Russian attacks; the latest on the situation

COMMENTARY - The power grid is a perfect target for attacks. The population must finally prepare for a blackout!

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