So he commented on the decision taken by the government of the country to almost double the payment for electricity for the population from June 1.
"Today the situation is really critical. To put it simply, if we do not do this, then next winter we will have problems with light. And regardless of the scale of destruction or shelling. We will not be able to prepare for next winter," TASS quoted the minister as saying.
He stressed that this is a matter of the survival of the energy system.
According to the ministry's estimates, after the tariff increase, the average amount in the electricity bill for one family will increase to about 250 hryvnia per month.
On May 30, the Ukrainian energy holding DTEK announced that power outages were taking place throughout Ukraine.