On August 26, the Russian army launched a massive retaliatory strike on Ukraine's power grid. The Kyiv hydroelectric power plant was also affected. On August 27, the operator warned of massive outages in the south, north and center of the country during the course of the day.
“According to Ukrenergo, the plans to stabilize the electricity supply may already have been activated in the Kyiv, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions,” reports DTEK.
The operator of thermal power plants and the majority of regional energy companies of Ukraine stated that power outages may occur around the clock: from 00:00 to 6:00, from 11:00 to 15:00 and from 21:00 to 00:00 – three queues (50% of consumers), and from 6:00 to 11:00 and from 15:00 to 21:00 – four queues (75% of consumers).
“Today, planned hourly power outages are in effect from 00:00 to 24:00. Check out any changes in the power supply on the official resources of your Oblenergo. The facilities continue to eliminate the consequences of the attack, mine clearance and repair work. Restoration work continues around the clock. In addition, a large-scale repair campaign is underway, power engineers are working to ensure the stability and integrity of the power system and prepare it for the autumn-winter period,” the Energy Ministry of Ukraine reports.
Yesterday, the Russian army launched a massive retaliatory strike on Ukraine's power grid. It is known that missiles and drones hit, for example, substations in Odessa and the Kyiv hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 400 MW.
Earlier, the Russian army shut down the capacity of 9 GW power plants – thermal power plants, thermal power stations and hydroelectric power stations. Ukraine was left without half of its electricity production. Imports and emergency aid from the EU (10-15% of consumption) smooth out the situation, but in the heat and low temperatures they cannot compensate for all the capacity. Power outages are expected in Kyiv in winter, which can last up to 10 hours continuously.
