“If residents can find an alternative place of residence for another three to four months, this will be very useful for the energy system,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
Earlier, the director of the Ukrainian Energy Research Center Oleksandr Kharchenko said that the energy system throughout Ukraine would need from three to ten days to recover if a decision was made on a complete blackout.
At the same time, Strana.ua reported that the residents of Odessa blocked the street in the city in protest against the power outage.