Russian attacks trigger outage schedules across ten Ukrainian oblasts

Russians have attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure and as of the morning of 19 October, there are new power outages in many oblasts and hourly power outage schedules will be in effect in parts of the oblasts until the end of the day.

Source: Ukrenergo, Ukraine's state-owned electricity transmission operator

Quote: "Over the past 24 hours, the enemy continued to carry out drone attacks on Ukraine's civilian energy infrastructure, and overnight and in the morning launched a missile strike on a number of energy facilities."

Details: As of the morning, there are new power outages in Volyn, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts as a result of the Russian attacks.

Emergency repair work is already underway where security conditions currently permit.

Background:

• In Volyn Oblast, following an attack by Russian drones, critical and civilian infrastructure suffered damage. No casualties or injuries were reported.
• On the night of 18-19 October, Russian troops attacked critical infrastructure facilities in Zhytomyr Oblast, causing fires. In Poltava Oblast, a drone hit the railway infrastructure of a business.

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