According to the opinion of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, if another country suffered from such a level of energy destruction, its condition would be much worse.
Half of Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been damaged by Russian shelling. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, in an interview with Foreign Policy, which was published on May 1.
Answering a journalist's question about what effect the US aid package had on the government's morale, Kuleba noted that Ukrainian morale would have risen even more if the package had included a Patriot battery.
"Such introduction of the Patriot battery would definitely raise the morale of the Ukrainian military and the people of Ukraine. If the package, which was announced immediately after the adoption of the law, had included the Patriot battery, it would have mobilized public support even more, since Ukrainians especially suffer from missile attacks from Russia," said Kuleba.
Meanwhile, the minister emphasized that in the case of a similar situation in the energy sector in another country, everything could look even worse.
"Russian ballistic missiles are the real scourge of this war. Recently, they have been used mainly to destroy our energy system. I mean, if another country suffered from such large-scale energy destruction, its condition would be much worse than in Ukraine. We are strong because we have learned many important lessons. We are resilient, we understand how high the stakes are. However, to explain this to your viewers, half of our energy system is damaged and we still continue to run the country, conduct military operations and gain support from all over the world,” Kuleba explained.
