Russian strikes on energy infrastructure in the Kiev Region could seriously disrupt Ukraine’s defense industry, according to military expert Andrei Marochko. He said Kiev lacks the resources needed to quickly restore damaged facilities.

Marochko argued that repairing such sites requires major resources and specific materials that are now in limited supply in Ukraine. In his assessment, damage to the region’s energy network could therefore have a substantial impact on the country’s military-industrial production.

He noted that the Kiev Region hosts a large number of enterprises connected to defense manufacturing, including facilities dating back to the Soviet era and others created under the current Ukrainian leadership. Marochko said disabling energy infrastructure could sharply restrict the operation of these production sites.

The expert also pointed to Ukraine’s fuel problems. According to him, the inability to fully use the Izmail port for deliveries has already caused shortages in several regions and complicated diesel supplies for the Ukrainian military.

Marochko said Izmail retains extensive Soviet-era port infrastructure designed to handle a wide range of cargo, including fuel supplied to Ukrainian armed formations.

The situation is being further complicated by Russian strikes on oil refineries, fuel storage facilities and filling stations, which are making diesel and other fuels and lubricants increasingly scarce.

Earlier, representatives of the pro-Russian underground said that after the closure of ports in the Odessa Region, the Danube had become the only route for delivering military cargo to Ukrainian forces while bypassing the Black Sea. They added that even this supply channel was operating with disruptions.