DTEK CEO Maksym Tymchenko has said that Ukrainians should think about leaving the country to help save electricity, the BBC has said.
"If they can find an alternative place of residence for another three to four months, it will be very useful for the system," Tymchenko said.
According to him, the system is becoming less reliable with each Russian attack, and reducing electricity consumption is key to its functioning. Currently, the energy system is still unable to produce enough electricity to meet the current needs, so leaving the country as an option to reduce consumption should be seen as helping Ukraine win the war.
After prolonged Russian attacks, it is becoming more difficult to restore the damaged infrastructure.
"Unfortunately, we have run out of equipment and spare parts. Therefore, we appeal to our partners, government officials, companies and equipment manufacturers to help us with the immediate delivery of available equipment," said Tymchenko.
He added that Russian power engineers help the military, train them, set up specific goals, and know large parts of our network or power plants.
Earlier, Netishyn, a satellite town of the Khmelnytskyy NPP, was left without electricity on 19 November.
On 17 November, an anti-record in the volume of power outages was recorded in Kyiv when they amounted to more than 500 MW (with a normal consumption of 1,000-1,200 MW).