Zelensky adviser: winter will be hard because of strikes on energy infrastructure, not food shortages

Serhiy Beskrestnov, adviser to the Ukrainian president on technological aspects of defense, has stated that the coming winter will be difficult, but the main threat will not be a shortage of food or fuel — it will be strikes on energy infrastructure.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing an interview Beskrestnov gave to the outlet DOU.

According to the adviser, there is no reason for panic or panic-buying of food. He explained that people start buying up everything in sight when they see reports of strikes on warehouses, but there will be no widespread shortages.

“Winter will be hard, but not in terms of food or fuel. Everything will be fine on that front — there will be no famine,” Beskrestnov said.

At the same time, the adviser openly warned of a threat to the energy system.

“But strikes on energy infrastructure — those will happen,” he added.

On that basis, Beskrestnov urged Ukrainians to prepare not for food shortages but for possible blackouts and heating outages. He recommended not putting off purchases of necessary equipment.

“So I advise, while there is still time and prices have not gone up, to buy generators, power banks, and EcoFlow-type devices,” the adviser said.

Earlier, member of parliament Serhiy Nahornyak stated that enough gas has already been stored in underground facilities to get through the winter. According to him, there will be no systemic disruptions to gas supplies, although the risk of new attacks on infrastructure remains.

As RBC-Ukraine reported, Minister of Agrarian Policy Taras Vysotsky advised Ukrainians to keep a minimum one-week supply of food on hand in case of emergencies. According to him, no shortage of socially essential goods has been recorded so far, while business losses from strikes on food warehouses are estimated in the tens of billions of hryvnias.