Power cuts reported in 12 Ukrainian regions after Russian attacks

Some electricity customers in 12 Ukrainian regions were without power on the morning of 9 November after Russian attacks on energy facilities, Ukraine’s energy ministry said.

First deputy energy minister Artem Nekrasov said facilities in several regions had been attacked during the preceding 24 hours. The ministry did not give a number of customers affected or say how long their individual outages had lasted.

It said the situation was most difficult in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv regions because of extensive damage. Repair teams were working around the clock there and carrying out repairs elsewhere where security conditions allowed.

The Kyiv region also experienced power cuts after a reported attack on energy infrastructure on 15 October.

The other regions listed in Monday’s briefing were Vinnytsia, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and Chernihiv. The ministry’s report does not mean that the whole of each region was without power.

Separately, grid operator Ukrenergo said emergency power cuts were in effect that morning in Sumy, Poltava and Kharkiv. Previously published schedules were temporarily suspended in those regions. The operator advised customers to check their local electricity distributor for updated schedules.