Austrian authorities have warned of possible power outages in winter in some EU countries. This was expressed by the head of the Austrian Ministry of Defense, Claudia Tanner, in an interview with the newspaper. Kill Welt.
“The probability of power outages in some parts of the EU in the near future is very high. “The question is not whether the power outage will come, but when,” he said. “We need to prepare for power cuts in Austria and Europe,” added Tanner.
According to him, the army in Austria is regularly trained in case of an emergency power outage. The country’s authorities plan to invest 180 million euros by 2025 in the creation of so-called “autonomous barracks”, where electricity will be supplied for at least two weeks.
According to Tanner, it is alleged that Russian special services may be responsible for possible power outages. “Hacking attacks on western power grids is a hybrid warfare tool,” he said. However, he did not provide any evidence of any preparation for an attack by Russia.
Former German authorities accepted This winter, short-term power outages in some areas, including certain parts of cities.