Russia launches large-scale attack on Ukraine's power system

Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal has reported that key substations and 750 kV and 330 kV power lines – which he described as the backbone of Ukraine's power grid – were hit on the night of 6-7 February.

Source: Shmyhal on Telegram

Details: The Russians also attacked the Burshtyn and Dobrotvir thermal power plants.

Quote: "Substations and 750 kV and 330 kV power lines – the backbone of Ukraine's power grid – were under attack…

…Power output was reduced at the nuclear power plant reactors by personnel. Schedules of four to four and a half queues are in effect across Ukraine now, and special emergency power cut schedules have been introduced in the eastern and northern oblasts." [Ukrenergo, Ukraine's state-owned electricity transmission operator, defines a "queue" 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. Critical infrastructure and eligible industrial companies that import at least 60% of their energy cannot be disconnected, according to a Ukrainian Cabinet resolution – ed.]

Details: Shmyhal added that dispatchers from Ukrenergo requested emergency assistance from Poland.

Background: Russian forces conducted a large-scale strike on Ukraine on the night of 6-7 February. Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv oblasts were attacked.

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