Russian War Against Ukraine: Energy Dimension DiXi Group alert (status as of 12:00, April 20) Stop russian nuclear terrorism! Set A2/AD and no-fly zones over Ukraine’s nuclear facilities, impose sanctions on Rosatom! Stop the atrocities! Introduce full embargo on russian oil and gas imports! #StopRussianAggression #StandWithUkraine Summary • Energoatom plans to substitute Russian nuclear fuel with Westinghouse fuel. Also, in 3-4 years, it is planned to launch a production line of fuel assemblies using Westinghouse technology in Ukraine. • Direct telephone communication between the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine and the Chornobyl NPP site, lost on March 10, has been restored. • A number of acting intergovernmental agreements between Ukraine and Russia in the field of nuclear energy, which need to be denounced as soon as possible, could be used by Russia to justify its actions at Ukraine’s nuclear facilities. • App. 760,200 consumers remained without electricity supply, and over 244,000 consumers without gas. • The NEURC has expanded the list of information, which its licensees should restrict open access to. The Regulator also started revoking licenses of energy companies controlled by Russian residents. Attacks: The Russian aggressor continued to forcibly relocate Ukrainians from the temporarily occupied territories to Russia, as reported the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Serhii Kyslytsya. The citizens of Ukraine were deported to depressed regions of Russia, in particular to the northern regions and to the island of Sakhalin. At the same time, they were issued documents which prohibited them from leaving the Russian regions for two years. At present, more than 500,000 Ukrainians have been deported to Russia, including 121,000 children. In addition, at least 20,000 Ukrainians were held in filtration camps. Donetsk region In the last 24 hours, 12 settlements of the Donetsk region, including Mariupol, Avdiivka, Vuhledar and Kramatorsk were shelled with missiles, multiple launch rocket systems "Grad", tanks and heavy artillery, with 2 civilians reported killed and 5 injured, as the National Police reported. The shelling damaged at least 30 residential facilities, including homes, educational institutions, economic facilities, businesses and railway tracks. The Deputy Commander of the Azov Regiment Sviatoslav Palamar reported that the Azovstal Iron & Steel Works facilities were bombed and destroyed almost completely, and Ukrainian fighters were pulling people out from the rubble. The Azov Regiment called on foreign governments to urgently carry out "extraction" - an operation to rescue 500 wounded soldiers and several hundred civilians from Azovstal Iron & Steel Works. There was a preliminary agreement on April 20, on a humanitarian corridor for women, children and the elderly from the city of Mariupol. Luhansk According to the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Head Serhii region Haidai, the big battle for the east of Ukraine had begun, the number of shellings from heavy weaponry was growing. Fighting continued in the cities of Rubizhne, Popasna and on the outskirts of the occupied city of Kreminna, as a result many destruction in the residential facilities was reported, and the evacuation was difficult or impossible. At night, the Russian army fired on the city of Novodruzhesk, with houses destroyed, a gas pipeline broken, and fire of the coal stored in an open area near a mine. In the city of Severodonetsk, the shelling damaged a gas pipeline, with several districts disconnected from gas supply. Also, 5 residential buildings were destroyed in the city of Kreminna; the enemy fired several times during the night on the city of Hirske - the consequences are being established. Due to the fighting, more than 200 settlements in the Luhansk region remained without electricity supply, and the temporarily occupied settlements are completely without electricity due to damage to the high-voltage line. During the day, as a result of shelling, 9 fires were reported in the region. Kharkiv region The Russian occupiers again shelled residential facilities of the city of Kharkiv, including Kyivskyi and Industrialnyi districts, 16 civilians were injured and 3 killed, reported the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov. For shelling, the Russians used rocket-propelled grenade launchers from a distance of 35-40 km. The Derhachi and Chuhuiv districts were also shelled. Oleh Syniehubov urged residents to stay in shelters and not go outside without reason, due to increased intensity of shelling in the city. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the Izyum direction, the enemy attempted an offensive to the villages of Sulyhivka and Dibrivne. Oleh Syniehubov reported that the enemy offered the residents of Izyum mobilization to the armed forces of Russia, but residents did not support such a "proposal". Mykolaiv In the Mykolaiv region, the threat of both artillery and rocket attacks remained region high, as reported the Operational Command “South”. As a result of missile strike, the hospital building in the city of Bashtanka was damaged, and people were injured. In the occupied city of Snihurivka, the occupiers were preparing a so-called "referendum" on accession to Crimea, as well as a "elections" of a pro-Russian mayor. Kherson region According to the Operational Command “South”, the local residents under occupation continued to demonstrate their pro-Ukrainian position, people went to peaceful rallies under Ukrainian flags, and demonstratively refused to buy products imported by the occupiers. Meanwhile, the Russian army continued to prepare for the so-called "referendum", printing ballots, distributing campaign materials, and blocking Ukrainian broadcasting and communications. The homes of local activists were searched and people were abducted. The Russian troops have mined fields, forest belts and roads along the main routes. Zaporizhzhia According to the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, the enemy region continued to shell the positions of the Ukrainian troops and conducted offensive operations in the direction of Pokrovske - Huliaipole. During the day, 8 private houses were damaged due to shelling in the village of Pavlivske. In total, 476 households in the region were completely destroyed or partially damaged. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the invaders were conducting a ‘census’ of civilians in retirement age in the occupied village of Snihurivka. The occupiers promised to establish a Russian administration by September 1, open a branch of the Russian Post, and launch mobile and Internet communications from the Russian providers. Also, there was information about the start of registration for Russian passports, including for international travel. Nuclear and Radiation Safety: All operating NPPs of Ukraine operate stably, and the radiation, fire and environmental conditions at the station sites and adjacent territories are within the standards. 7 of 15 operating nuclear units are in operation (two each at the Zaporizhzhia, South Ukraine, and Rivne NPPs, and one at the Khmelnytskyi NPP), the other 8 are under maintenance or put in reserve. All operating NPPs regularly transmit data from monitoring systems to the IAEA. As part of the “de-russification” of Ukraine's nuclear fuel supply, Energoatom plans to replace russian fuel (TVEL) in the reactors’ core with Westinghouse fuel, which is currently used at 7 of 15 units. In addition, within 3-4 years, it is planned to launch its own production line of fuel assemblies using Westinghouse technology in Ukraine. To be noted, there are several intergovernmental agreements on nuclear energy between Ukraine and Russia still applicable: • on research, technical, and economic cooperation in the field of nuclear energy; • on cooperation in the field of transportation of nuclear materials; • on cooperation between the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety of Ukraine and the Federal Supervision of Russia for Nuclear and Radiation Safety; • on the information exchange and cooperation in the field of safety regulation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Their provisions could hypothetically be used by Russia to justify its actions at Ukraine's nuclear facilities. These agreements have to be certainly denounced as soon as possible. Chornobyl NPP Exclusion Zone Direct telephone communication between the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine and the Chornobyl NPP site, lost on March 10, has been restored. This connection is one of the IAEA's seven unconditional principles for nuclear safety. In addition, in April, the IAEA plans to send an expert mission to the Chornobyl site and the Exclusion Zone to directly assess the state of nuclear and radiation safety, provide special equipment and restore the Chornobyl safety monitoring system. Zaporizhzhia NPP The situation at the Zaporizhzhia NPP and in the satellite city of Energodar remains unchanged. For the 48th day, they are under the control of Russian terrorists. ZNPP is serviced by the Ukrainian staff on a regular basis. As of April 20, the radiation background at the site and in the sanitary protection zone is within the standards (8-12 μR/h). Also, in the Zaporizhzhia region, the gamma background is stable (7-13 μR/h) and does not pose a threat to life and public health. The presence of Russian terrorists at nuclear facilities poses extremely high threats to nuclear and radiation safety on a global scale! Ukraine demands to recognize the actions of Russia and Rosatom as nuclear terrorism, which aims to intentionally violate the security of nuclear power plants, international law and basic human rights with the aim of genocide, ecocide and encroachment on the country's sovereignty. We call on international partners to increase pressure on the IAEA, whose actions may prevent acts of nuclear terrorism by Russia. At the same time, it is critical to minimize Russia's influence on IAEA policies and activities, in particular by removing all Russians from key positions in the Agency's Secretariat and restricting their access to information about Ukraine's nuclear power plants. We also emphasize the need to impose tough sanctions on the management, staff, products, international projects of Rosatom and, in general, the nuclear energy of the aggressor country! Electricity Sector: Power system operation Ukraine's power system has been stably operating in trial synchronous mode with the Continental Europe network (ENTSO-E). Commercial electricity exports to Poland stabilized at 190 MW. Ukrenergo continued to restore main networks in the liberated territories and other regions of Ukraine. In one of the eastern regions, after the completion of emergency repairs, a 330 kV line was put into operation and a permit was obtained to start the restoration of another line. In the northeast, most of the restoration works on the high-voltage substations have been completed. In the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, works were underway. In particular, a 750 kV line and three 330 kV lines are being prepared for switching on. Repairs on another 330 kV line and 750 kV substation were underway. Electricity market performance Day-ahead market (DAM): For April 20, the DAM weighted average settlement price continued to decrease slightly and amounted to 2,315.93 UAH/MWh (-1,5% vs the previous trading day). Moreover, relatively high exchange prices in the Eastern European markets leave a large spread to prices in Ukraine. Prices in Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania were 3.4 times higher than the DAM Base price index of Ukraine. The Polish market price increased slightly, but the spread remained significantly narrower - 2 times. This situation is favorable for increasing electricity exports to the EU, which, however, is currently impossible due to the synchronous operation of Ukrainian and Continental Europe energy systems (ENTSO-E) in a trial mode that does not include large export- import flows until testing is completed. The total volume of trade at DAM increased to 24,048.7 MWh (+ 11.5% vs the previous day). The volume of sale bids increased to 281,097.7 MWh (+9.9%). At the same time, this had almost no effect on the level of market surplus - the gap with the volume of purchase bids is 11.7 times. At the same time, the trade structure in DAM remains relatively stable. Only producers sold electricity at DAM, and in the structure of purchase 74.4% belonged to suppliers, 25.5% - to network operators. Intraday market (IDM): On April 19, the weighted average price of electricity on IDM increased slightly to 2,602.44 UAH/MWh (+0.9% vs the previous day). Instead, the volume of trading decreased moderately and amounted to 462.8 MWh (-16.4% vs the previous day). A slight increase in the volume of sale bids to 24,414.9 MWh (+3%) along with a reduction in trade volumes has increase the gap with the volume of purchase bids from 43 to 53 times. On April 19, the structure of trade in the IDM was somewhat different from the DAM. As in the DAM, only producers sold electricity, while 70.3% of the purchase structure was occupied by suppliers, 16.2% by network operators and 13.5% by producers. Disruption and resumption of supply According to the Cabinet of Ministers, as of 20:00 on April 19, 847 settlements were disconnected from electricity, a total of 760,200 consumers. During the day, electricity supply was resumed to more than 33,100 consumers. Large-scale power supply disruptions and, consequently, active recovery works were taking place • in the Donetsk region, according to DTEK, supplies to 6,400 consumers in 23 settlements were resumed during the day; more than 227 settlements remained without electricity supply; • in the Luhansk region, 34 settlements remained without electricity supply - 21 completely, 13 partially (104,343 consumers); • in the Kyiv region, according to DTEK, supplies to 3,000 consumers in 22 settlements were resumed during the day; but 77,000 consumers in 145 settlements remained without electricity; • in the Kharkiv region, according to the Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko, supply was resumed to 1,500 consumers in the city of Derhachi and 250 consumers in the village of Rohan during the day; • in the Kherson region, as of 12:00 on April 19, 67 settlements were completely without electricity, 2 more settlements - partially (40,870 consumers in total); • in the Zaporizhzhia region, as of 20:00 on April 19, 72 settlements completely and 3 partially did not have electricity (more than 22,000 consumers); supply to 1,600 consumers was resumed during the day; • in the Chernihiv region, most disconnected consumers remained in the Chernihiv district and the city of Chernihiv (6,436 consumers); also, 1,576 consumers remained without electricity in the Bakhmach community; • there was no up-to-date information on power supply in the Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, and Mykolaiv regions at the time of the review preparation. Gas Sector: As of April 18, the transit of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine stabilized at 56.8 mcm, which corresponds to the previous day level. At the same time, these volumes account for only half of the capacity contracted by Gazprom (109 mcm per day). Physical imports of gas from the EU were reported from Hungary (Beregdaroc interconnection point) and totaled 0.62 mcm. Gas transit through Ukraine (at Sokhranivka and Sudzha interconnection points), mcm Source: GTSOU Disruption and resumption of supply The Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions had the most challenging situation in gas supply. According to the Cabinet of Ministers, as of 20:00 on April 19, over 244,000 consumers were left with no gas supply. The supply was restored to 14,000 consumers in a day. In the Kyiv region, as of April 20, gas distribution was completely or partially restored in 91 settlements (62,085 consumers). In particular, the distribution of gas in 9 settlements to 4,507 consumer facilities has been completely or partially restored for the previous day. 28 settlements remained without gas supply. According to the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, as of the morning of April 20, almost 65,372 consumers in 81 settlements remained without gas supply. In particular, 48 settlements of Berdyansk and Melitopol districts remained disconnected from gas supply due to damage to the main gas pipeline in the Donetsk region. Last night, in the city of Polohy, the operation of a cabinet- type gas control point, which was shut down on April 16 due to intense hostilities, was restored. The Luhansk Regional Military Administration Head Serhii Haidai reported that a gas pipeline was cut off in Novodruzhesk, a city was disconnected from gas supply due to enemy shelling. The networks of Severodonetsk suffered similar damage - several districts of the city were without gas. As reported, 38 settlements remained with no gas supply - 30 completely and 8 partially (109,173 consumers). The Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration reported damage to 98 gas infrastructure facilities since the beginning of the war. 9 settlements remained without gas completely or partially (1,552 consumers). At the same time, gas supply was restored in the cities of Mykolayiv (7 addresses) and Ochakiv (1 address). In the Kherson region, as of April 19, 19,692 consumers (in particular, 5 settlements of the Stanislav community and 16 settlements of the Beryslav district) did not have gas supply. The Sumy Regional Military Administration Head Dmytro Zhyvytskyi reported public utilities continued to repair gas infrastructure facilities in the cities of Trostyanets and Okhtyrka. The Kharkiv Regional Military Administration reported 249 damages to energy facilities during the war. Almost all of these facilities have been damaged many times and have gone through several cycles of “damage-restoration”. However, there was no complete information on the situation in the temporarily occupied territories. In the Chernihiv region, critical infrastructure restoration continued, particularly in the Nizhyn district, where there is no gas supply in 5 settlements. Operational information on gas supply in the Donetsk region was not available at the time of the review preparation. Countermeasures of Ukrainian Companies and Public Authorities Ukraine continues to urge the West to impose an oil and gas embargo against Russia. According to the President’s Adviser on Economic Affairs Oleh Ustenko, the EU rejection of Russian oil would lead to the loss of about 40% of Russia's budget revenues (equivalent to 1 billion USD per day). As a result, the enemy will have significantly higher inflation. The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi together with the leaders of the Verkhovna Rada and government representatives have identified the draft laws that need urgent consideration. In particular, acts should be considered on the settlement of Ukraine's cooperation with the International Criminal Court; on the procedures for locating production facilities of enterprises evacuated due to the war; on amendments to the procedure for privatization of state property in this period, on the improvement of sanctions and the recovery of assets of individuals and legal entities as government revenues. The Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine appealed to the media and Ukrainians with a request not to disseminate information on routes, volumes, and places of storage of oil products. Such information is strategic and should not be disclosed. On April 19, the government approved resolutions developed by the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development to organize and perform dismantling of destroyed buildings and structures. One of the resolutions regulates the procedure for performing urgent works (inspection, emergency dismantling), another one - provides for a mechanism to perform dismantling works after inspections. The Cabinet of Ministers also simplified the procedure for examining project documentation. In the meeting on April 20, the NEURC approved several decisions on: 1. expanding the list of information, to which licensees should restrict open access, in particular on the volumes of production, consumption, storage, shipment of resources; planned repairs and restoration works; personal data of employees, etc. 2. authorizing the NEURC for the period of martial law to revoke licenses in case of establishing the fact of control by residents of Russia (first such decisions were made at the same meeting); 3. introducing the obligation for licensees in the field of centralized water supply and centralized sewerage to submit to the NEURC information on settlements for electricity, income receipts for services, and on volumes of activities; settlement of some issues in the retail electricity market during the period of martial law (incl. the principles of determining the volumes of consumption in the territories with active or past hostilities, in the temporarily occupied territories). 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