It's unfortunate that the article doesn't point at the most obvious cause of the shortage: Russia deliberately and systematically destroying Ukrainian power grid for three years, and Western unwillingness to put a stop to that.

The scale of necessary repairs is mind boggling. Here's what just Europe alone shipped to Ukraine to repair the damage [1]:

- 8 827 power generators… with an estimated 1 258 590 kVA in power generators

- 3 597 transformers + 5 autotransformers

- 3 364 generators and 14 transformers from the rescEU stockpile

Then there is US support:

- 18 autotransformers "with more on the way" [2]

- 59 transformers just for Kharkiv [3]

…and that is just scratching the surface and is barely enough to keep the lights on, with Ukrainians installing private batteries and generation up and down the country.

Just last night Russia launched another massive attack at the energy infrastructure [4]. More expensive, rare, long lead time transformers getting blown up, and the raid doesn't even get any attention in the West.

[1]: https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Maps#/maps...

[2]: https://x.com/USAmbKyiv/status/1819094722754797600

[3]: https://x.com/USAmbKyiv/status/1792791129513218539

[4]: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-launches-large-s...