Ukraine: ten-hour blackouts Kyiv’s new realities

Longer power outages in Kyiv are a new reality for Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the Yasno operator CEO, Serhii Kovalenko, has said. “The situation in Kyiv is difficult. Today, all three groups of consumers are almost completely disconnected from supplies simultaneously. The schedules naturally aren’t working at the moment. In addition to all the damaged sites,…

Lithuania: agreement with Sweden on energy producers’ excess profits must be reached without EC help

Lithuania and Sweden should negotiate ways to share electricity producers’ excess profits without the European Commission’s intervention, Asta Skaisgiryte, the Lithuanian president’s senior foreign policy adviser, has said. “The European Commission could be involved, if necessary, but I don’t think we should do that. I think we should be able to reach a mutual agreement,”…

Lithuania: Switchblade drones to be acquired

Lithuania is set to soon sign a contract on the acquisition of new combat drones from the US, Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “One more contract will be signed in the next few days with the manufacturer Switchblade 600. These are combat drones with a combat range of 40 kilometres,” Anusauskas said. According…