Russian attack on Ukraine leaves three oblasts almost completely without power
Consumers in Ukraine's Rivne, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi oblasts have been almost completely cut off from power as a result of a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine's power system on the morning of 23 December.
Source: Ukraine's Ministry of Energy
Quote: "Over the course of the night and in the morning, Russia launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine's power system, the ninth since the beginning of the year. As a result, consumers in Rivne, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi oblasts have been almost completely without electricity as of this morning."
Details: There are also outages caused by the attacks in Vinnytsia, Chernihiv and Zhytomyr oblasts and in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv oblasts.
Emergency repair work will begin as soon as the security situation allows.
The ministry added that in Odesa Oblast, efforts are ongoing to deal with the aftermath of several consecutive large-scale strikes on the region's energy infrastructure, and a significant number of consumers remain without power. Energy workers are doing everything possible to bring damaged equipment back into operation as quickly as they can.
Quote: "The large-scale missile and drone attack on the power system caused emergency outage schedules that are currently being applied across the whole of Ukraine. Previously published hourly outage schedules issued by regional power distribution companies are currently not in force."
More details: Emergency outages will be cancelled immediately after the situation in the power system stabilises.
Background:
- Earlier, Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko, reported that energy facilities in western oblasts of Ukraine had been worst affected by Russia's attack on 23 December.
- On the morning of 23 December, a large-scale air-raid warning was issued across the entire territory of Ukraine. Russian forces are carrying out a combined attack using cruise missiles and attack drones.
- Russia once again attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, prompting emergency power outages to be introduced in a number of oblasts.
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