UK trains Ukrainian engineers to protect energy facilities from Russian attacks

British Army Royal Engineer specialists have developed a training programme for Ukrainian civilian engineers to protect the energy sector from Russian attacks this winter.

Source: UK Ministry of Defence on 22 October, European Pravda writes.

Details: The two-week training programme was developed and conducted at the request of Ukraine to further improve the protection of its energy sector.

Ukrainian engineers were taught how to identify the most vulnerable infrastructure elements, potential blast distances and effects of various weapons and explosives, as well as where to best place physical and air barriers to help protect these places from Russian attacks.

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said the training is necessary to protect Ukrainian civilians as winter approaches.

Quote: "It is essential that Ukraine receives the support it urgently needs throughout the winter, as its civilian population faces mortal danger on a daily basis from Putin’s forces and their indiscriminate campaign of bombardment against its critical infrastructure," the minister commented.

The Royal Engineers recruited specialist reservists working in the UK's critical national infrastructure sector and used their professional experience to train at a UK gas plant, military airfield and a port facility.

The course was based on several real-life scenarios to provide Ukrainian participants with the opportunity to practise developing plans and implementing practical solutions to ensure the most effective protection of critical national infrastructure facilities.

Reminder: The EU believes that Ukraine may face new power outages this winter against the background of continuous Russian missile and drone attacks, which have made its energy system more vulnerable than a year ago.

The European Commission has already provided more than 50 million euros to the Energy Support Fund of Ukraine, created to support the Ukrainian energy system.

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