One year after the attack on Ibër-Lepenc, Kurti: Similar to Russian attacks against Ukraine

On November 29 last year, the Ibër-Lepenc aqueduct in Varađe, Zubin Potok Municipality, was the target of a kinetic terrorist attack.

The attack, which occurred at around 19:00, was the first against critical infrastructure in the country, and the most serious attack in two years, after the terrorist attack in Banjska, Zvečan.

The explosive explosion damaged the end part and one of the fronts of the aqueduct, seriously endangering the water supply for all citizens served by this system, including the Kosovo B Power Plant.

Regarding this attack, acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that after the raids in northern Kosovo, weapons, uniforms and various equipment were confiscated, as well as Russian and Serbian emblems of intelligence, military and security structures were found.

“Even today, they are clear evidence of the involvement of Serbian-Russian extremist and terrorist groups, with strong ties to Serbia, whose aim is to destabilize our country and create an insecure environment in the region. The state and the Republic triumphed again in the face of extremist and terrorist groups that find support and funding from official Belgrade, and inspiration and methods from Russia – the attack on critical infrastructure in Ibër Lepenc resembled Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy network,” Kurti wrote on Facebook.

The institutional response after the attack on Ibër-Lepenc was immediate and critical in preventing the catastrophic consequences that the attack was intended to have: a 60% reduction in electricity production capacities, the interruption of water supply to Mitrovica, Skenderaj, Drenas, Vushtrri, Fushë-Kosovo Polje and half of Prishtina, the interruption of central heating services in the capital and the halving of telecommunications capacities in the country due to the lack of electricity in the base stations. The professional and successful actions of the institutions ensured that despite the physical damage and throughout the repair process, there was sufficient water flow for cooling the power plants and maintaining electricity production, as well as a supply of drinking water.

/TheGeopost