NPC Ukrenergo has fully completed the construction of the first phase of passive protection facilities for its substations (PS), and the second phase is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2026, according to Yuriy Boyko, a member of the NPC’s supervisory board.
“There are queues for the construction of protective structures because it requires the equipment to be de-energized. Accordingly, it is impossible to carry out work simultaneously throughout the entire substation or at all facilities because they must provide power. We have already completed the first phase. The second phase is now actively under construction. According to the plan, more than 80% of the second phase should be completed by the end of the year. Full completion is scheduled for the first quarter of 2026,” Boiko said during a briefing at the Media Center of Ukraine in Kyiv on Thursday.
He noted that in different regions, especially those near the front lines, due to unrest and military risks, “the work is accompanied by long pauses, and its speed cannot be the same for everyone.”
Boiko also explained that the PS territory covers 20-70 hectares, and it is impossible to cover it with a sarcophagus, so resources and efforts must be focused on the most critical elements, in particular, autotransformers, which, according to him, “the Russians actively knocked out in the first year of the war.” In order to preserve the substation equipment, a plan has been developed to build protection for its key elements, the member of the supervisory board noted.
As reported, at the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Headquarters, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed NSDC Secretary Rustem Umerov to coordinate officials, regional administrations, and energy companies to purchase additional short- and medium-range air defense systems, as well as to increase funding for drone manufacturers. The priority is to shoot down “suicide drones.”
Source: Interfax-Ukraine
