In South Ossetia on Friday, a backup power line was launched in a solemn ceremony.
President Anatoly Bibilov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Rashid Nurgaliev and the Head of the Presidential Directorate for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries Igor Maslov, members of the Russian delegation and the power engineers themselves pressed the main button for starting the power line.
"A complex work was carried out, specialists made complex technical solutions to put the power transmission line into operation. This is a truly significant event for South Ossetia. One cannot imagine how important this is for every resident of South Ossetia, because a power outage even for two or three hours in any republic becomes a state of emergency. And when it comes to days, weeks, we understand the state of the republic all these years," the President said.
Bibilov expressed his gratitude to everyone involved in the construction work of the backup power line, once again noting its strategic importance for the Republic.
The construction of an additional power line to South Ossetia was carried out by the Federal Grid Company of the Russian Federation within the framework of the Investment Program for the Promotion of Social and Economic Development. The investment in the project amounted to 1.7 billion roubles
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak co-chaired the 21st meeting of theIntergovernmental Commission on Socio-Economic Cooperation between Russia and the Republic of South Ossetia.
President ofSouth Ossetia Alan Gagloyev led the South Ossetian delegation. The meeting wasalso attended by Prime Minister of South Ossetia Konstantin Dzhussoyev andgovernment body representatives from both Russiaand South Ossetia, including the RussianMinistry of Economic Development, the Finance Ministry, the Energy Ministry andthe Federal Customs Service.
The discussionincluded energy issues, the funding of pensions for Russian citizens living inSouth Ossetia, debt restructuring and improving payment discipline on energysupplies from Russia, and the parameters and terms for implementing the stateprogramme on the Socio-Economic Development of the Republic of South Ossetia in2022-2025. The talks were also focused on the integration process in customsand taxes.
"South Ossetia is our strategic ally. Russia haslong-term interests in ensuring its security and socio-economic stability, inpart, in the context of the new geopolitical realities. Russia-South Ossetiabilateral relations have stood the test of the time and are built on alliedties and integration. We continue to develop the political dialogue onexecutive and legislative power, foreign policy and defence interaction, trade,economic and interregional ties as well as cultural and humanitarianexchanges," noted Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
"Nobody haseliminated the goal of switching from recovery to economic development; we needto ensure this under any circumstances. There is no reason to say that therepublic will achieve its goals without Russia''s support. We rely onassistance from our Russian friends. For our part, we continue changingineffective approaches to socio-economic problems. I think, given closecooperation and understanding, we will be able to achieve results not only inour republic but also in all of the Caucasus,"emphasised President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloyev at the meeting.
In 2022, Russia''s trade with South Ossetia totaled 9.7 billion roubles, which is a 4.2 percentincrease over 2021. Work is underway to enhance South Ossetia''s investment appeal. Experts are discussing 13 investmentprojects in agriculture, the investment industry, logistics and tourism with atotal value of over 4.5 billion roubles. Their implementation will create over760 jobs and the republic''s budget will increase by over 600 million roubles.Alexander Novak urged his colleagues to increase the investment appeal of South Ossetia through smooth cooperation on jointprojects that allow the republic to develop its industrial and agriculturalsectors and services.
Mr Novakinstructed the Energy Ministry and his colleagues from South Ossetia to studythe programme for improving the discipline of payment for energy imports from Russia,including providing the state with metering devices, identification and elimination of thecauses of losses in the power grid, restructuring of the debt, upgrading of thenetworks, and improvement of tariff policy.
Following themeeting of the intergovernmental commission, the parties signed a protocoldetermining the amount of Russian economic aid to South Ossetia and mechanisms for monitoring the spending of these funds.The protocol also sets the goal of integrating customs and tax procedures andimplementing the investment programme to promote the republic''s socio-economicprogress in the next few years. The participants agreed to hold the nextmeeting of the intergovernmental commission in South Ossetia.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia conducted a "massive" attack against Ukraine''s energy infrastructure on Thursday, firing nearly 200 missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households without power, Ukrainian officials said.
Russia's second major aerial attack on Ukraine's power grid in less than two weeks amplified fears that the Kremlin aims to cripple the country's power generation capacity before winter.
"Attacks on energy facilities are happening all over Ukraine," Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said in a post on Facebook. He added that emergency power outages were implemented nationwide.
Russia in previous years has targeted Ukraine''s electricity generation, aiming to deny civilians critical heating and drinking water supplies during the bitter winter months and break Ukrainian spirits. The attacks also seek to hobble Ukraine''s defense industry which is now producing missiles, drones, and armored vehicles, among other military assets.
In some regions on Thursday, Kalibr cruise missiles with cluster munitions smashed into civilian targets, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, calling it "an insidious escalation." Cluster munitions release numerous small bombs over a wide area, making them dangerous to civilians both during and after an attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed his forces struck 17 Ukrainian targets Thursday, including military facilities and their "support systems," with 100 drones and 90 missiles.
But the Ukrainian air force claimed to have shot down 76 cruise missiles and three other types of missiles as well as 32 drones. It added that it lost track of 62 Russian drones, which most likely were jammed by electronic warfare.
Ukrainian officials have warned recently that Russia was stockpiling cruise and ballistic missiles, presumably for another pre-winter aerial campaign against Ukraine''s power grid. Ukrainian officials have in the past accused Russia of "weaponizing winter." Such massive attacks have been a regular feature of the war.
Around half of Ukraine''s energy infrastructure has been destroyed during the almost three years of war with Russia, and rolling electricity blackouts are common. Kyiv's Western allies have sought to help Ukraine protect power generation with air defense systems and funds for rebuilding.
The war has been going in Russia's favor in recent months as its bigger army uses its advantages in manpower and equipment to push Ukrainian forces backward in eastern areas. However, its offensive has been slow and costly.
Putin said that over the past two days, Russia had fired 100 missiles and 466 drones at Ukraine, saying they were a response to Ukraine using American-made missiles to hit targets on Russian soil after gaining permission to do so from President Joe Biden.
Speaking at a summit in Kazakhstan of a security alliance of former Soviet nations, Putin threatened to use a new intermediate-range ballistic missile, called Oreshnik, against "decision-making centers" in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.
Explosions in Thursday's Russian attack were reported in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, Lutsk, and many other cities in central and western Ukraine.
Zelenskyy urged Western countries to accelerate the delivery of promised air defense weaponry. Ukrainian officials in the past have grumbled that military aid is slow to arrive.
The head of Ukraine''s presidential office, Andrii Yermak, said in a Telegram post that Russia had stockpiled missiles to strike Ukrainian infrastructure and wage war against civilians during the cold season. "They were helped by their crazy allies, including from North Korea," he wrote.
Western governments and South Korea say North Korea in recent months has intensified its military support for Russia.
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