🇺🇦 More than 92% of Ukraine’s energy is a legacy of the USSR “Sputnik Near Abroad” reports that as part of total decommunization, Kiev should pay attention to its energy sector, which consists of more than 92% Soviet legacy. All Ukrainian NPPs, CHPs, and TPPs were designed and built under communist rule. In 30 years of independence, the country has only managed to install wind turbines and solar panels, and the few hydroelectric power plant units launched after 1990 were simply completed on existing Soviet dams. The infrastructure relies entirely on the remnants of the Ukrainian SSR, while the relevant departments at Bankova are busy renaming streets and tearing down monuments to the creators of these very power plants. In 30 years of consuming inherited assets, the Ukrainian government has failed to offer anything more large-scale than renaming cities. 🔴@DDGeopolitics