Situation with power supply in Kyiv remains very difficult

The situation in Kyiv as of 21 January has remained very difficult, with emergency power cuts continuing.

Source: Serhii Kovalenko, CEO of Ukrainian electricity and gas supplier Yasno

Details: Kovalenko said that power outage schedules are still not in effect. In the Dniprovskyi and Desnianskyi districts of Kyiv, just over 40,000 customers remain without power after the most recent attack.

In the city of Dnipro, up to four and a half queues for power distribution are being applied at the same time and planned cut intervals can exceed seven hours. [A "queue" is defined as a group of consumers and businesses using a specific amount of megawatts. The Dispatch Centre sets the number of queues needed across oblasts to address energy deficits – ed.]

Because of damage and heavy strain on the grid, energy engineers say that they simply cannot supply more electricity.

Quote: "Let's hold on a little more. We have already made it through more than half of winter. Forecasts say that the frost will gradually ease and that should improve the situation."

Background: Around half of Kyiv's housing stock remained without heating after a Russian attack on 20 January.

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