Ukraine has called on Australia to consider providing energy and infrastructure supply following widespread blackouts.
abc.net.au/news/ukraine-requests-australia-sends-coal-energy-infrastructure/101652960Ukraine is calling on Australia to consider providing coal and energy infrastructure such as generators and transformers as missile strikes continue to cause widespread blackouts amid the war with Russia.
Ukraine's Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko said the request followed a "positive discussion" between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the ASEAN Summit in Cambodia. "It shows the mateship of Australia and Ukraine in standing up for democracy and sovereignty against autocracy and illegality," Mr Myroshnychenko said.He said the "humanitarian situation" in Ukraine became "catastrophic" over the weekend with multiple missile attacks causing damage to more than 40 per cent of the country's energy system.
"This led to blackouts all over Ukraine and big problems with heating, water supply and waste disposal," he said.of about 70,000 tonnes of thermal coal to the Ukrainian government, after a request for supplies to keep coal-fired power generators operating. The government bought the coal from resources company Whitehaven and covered the expense of shipping it to Poland.
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