Senior Moscow Officials Call Ukraine's Electricity Supply Recoverable, As Long As Kyiv Recognizes Russia's New Region

JAKARTA - The situation of electricity supply in Ukraine will improve, if Kyiv acknowledges Russia's demands, which were put forward in the context of special military operations and the results of a referendum, Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday.

"The path to stability of energy supply is different. This requires legitimacy recognition of Russia's demands within the framework of special military operations and the outcome, reflected in our Constitution. So the situation of electricity supply will be better," he said, following the Ukrainian authorities' decision to import electricity from Slovakia.

Medvedev added, "the electric purchase by the Kiev regime from Slovakia will lead to a further increase in energy prices for Europe and Ukraine, but will not bring the desired stability of Ukraine's power supply systems."

As previously reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday vowed that widespread Russian attacks on power plants would not break Ukraine's spirits.

Russia has directed dozens of missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles to Ukraine's power plant network in the past two weeks, causing massive damage and triggering blackouts.

"The bombings will not destroy us, hearing enemy songs on our soil are more frightening than enemy rockets in our sky. We are not afraid of darkness," he said, citing Reuters.

Sementara, seorang pejabat senior mengatakan pada Hari Kamis, Kyiv dan empat wilayah lainnya mungkin harus memotong pasokan listrik lebih lama dari yang direncanakan akibat serangan Rusia.