Massive Russian missile attack: Ukraine introduces emergency power outages

The Ukrainian Energy Minister said that the consequences will be clarified after the Russian missile attack.

Emergency power outages have been introduced in Ukraine due to yet another massive Russian attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said.

“Attacks on energy facilities are happening all over Ukraine. As soon as the security situation allows, the consequences will be clarified. Follow official reports and stay in shelters,” he wrote in a post on Facebook .

In particular, the missile attack affected the western regions. There is an “incoming” in the Volyn region, said the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Ivan Rudnitsky on Telegram . It is reported that the first explosions in Lutsk were heard at 06:20, and they were repeated soon after. Lutsk Mayor Igor Polischuk added on Telegram that trolleybuses have stopped running in the city, and the water utility and heat and power plants (critical infrastructure) are being connected to alternative energy sources. In addition, he said that children in Lutsk are studying remotely on November 28.

The head of the Rivne OVA, Oleksandr Koval, notes that more than 280 thousand subscribers in the region are without electricity, and there are also problems with water.

Explosions were also heard in Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Khmelnytsky and other regions.

Updated. 9:20. Critical infrastructure facilities were also attacked in Lviv Oblast.

Updated. 9:37. Zhitomirvodokanal reports that Zhitomir was also without power. Because of which water supply facilities began to be connected to generators.

“Water supply facilities are waiting for power supply to be restored. If water supply facilities are without power by 18:00, we will connect them to alternative power sources,” the Facebook post says .

Updated. 9:48. As of now, 523 thousand subscribers in Lviv region are left without electricity supply, – stated the head of Lviv OVA Maksym Kozitsky.

Updated. 10.01. Head of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Administration Svitlana Onyshchuk notes that emergency power outages have been introduced in the region.

The situation with electricity in Ukraine

UNIAN reported earlier that the situation with the energy system during the winter will depend not only on missile attacks and cold weather. Expert Gennady Ryabtsev noted that, in particular, everything depends on the equipment.

In addition, People’s Deputy Serhiy Nagornyak stated that the power outage schedules could have been cancelled this weekend if the weather had been sunny and there had been no attacks on the power grid.

(C)UNIAN 2024