Problems of protecting Ukrainian energy sector from Russian terrorist attacks discussed at UN Headquarters

According to him, the Russian attacks pose a risk of a nuclear accident, as they target substations that receive electricity from NPPs and provide power to nuclear power plants.
Russia has shelled the substations several times, each time putting them at risk of a nuclear accident, H. Halushchenko said.
Speaking at the side event "Protecting Critical Energy Infrastructure of Ukraine against the Attacks of the Russian Federation during the War", UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas Miroslav Jenča's noted that "since March this year, Russian armed forces have conducted repeated large-scale, systematic and coordinated attacks on energy infrastructure that is critical to the civilian population in Ukraine. The complex and coordinated nature of the strikes, the number of attacks across the country, and their regular official acknowledgement are indicators that the attacks against the electricity network are of a widespread and systematic nature, with the apparent aim to damage or destroy Ukraine’s country-wide electricity generating, transmission, and distribution capacity."
Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Serhiy Kyslytsia, reiterated in his address to UN Secretary General António Guterres that on June 24 this year, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for former Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov.
The arrest warrants state that these individuals are responsible for war crimes, in particular "for missile strikes carried out by forces under their command against Ukrainian energy infrastructure," S. Kyslytsya said.
He emphasised that thanks to the help from partners, our energy system survives and continues to function.
Speaking about the threat to nuclear power, Ukraine’s Permanent Representative noted: "If the plan of these crazy strategists to attack substations is implemented, Chernobyl may seem like a relatively minor incident – and this is not an exaggeration."
S. Kyslytsia also mentioned Russia's presentation of a "technical" manual on protecting energy infrastructure from terrorist attacks. "We consider it alarming and cynical that a UN body decided to cooperate on resolving the issue of protecting critical energy infrastructure with a state that almost daily attacks Ukraine’s energy facilities and continues to occupy a nuclear power plant."
The Permanent Representative urged efforts to prevent Russia from using the UN counter-terrorism platform to whitewash its image. In comments to Ukrinform, S. Kyslytsia noted that "the level of global cynicism is off the charts."
In addition to Ukraine, the event was co-organised by the Permanent Missions of Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Denmark, Norway, and France.
On Monday, Russia presented on behalf of the UN Counter-Terrorism Office (UNOCT) a "Technical Manual on Protecting Critical Energy Infrastructure from Terrorist Attacks."
On the same day, Ukraine’s Permanent Mission to the UN initiated a side event at the UN "Protecting Ukraine's Critical Energy Infrastructure from Russian Attacks in Time of War" with a focus "on how Russia is destroying Ukraine’s critical infrastructure with terrorist attacks".