Russian overnight attacks leave power outages across six Ukrainian regions
Consumers in six Ukrainian oblasts remained without electricity on the morning of November 10 as crews repaired damaged energy infrastructure and emergency power cuts affected Kyiv and three regions.
By Hassan Ellis ·
Overnight Russian attacks left some consumers without electricity in six Ukrainian oblasts by the morning of November 10, according to Ukraine's First Deputy Minister of Energy, Artem Nekrasov. The affected regions were Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv. Emergency power cuts were also introduced in the city of Kyiv and in Kharkiv, Poltava and Sumy oblasts.
Nekrasov described conditions in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts as difficult. He said Russia was continuing to deliberately attack Ukraine's energy system, targeting key substations, combined heat and power plants, and infrastructure used by the oil and gas sectors. Repairs were continuing at damaged electricity facilities as consumers faced interruptions to supplies.
During the preceding 24 hours, Russian forces also struck energy facilities in Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Poltava and Kirovohrad oblasts. Electricity had been restored to all consumers in those four regions by the morning, Nekrasov said. Poltava nevertheless remained among the oblasts where emergency power cuts were introduced because of problems affecting the electricity system.
Crews were carrying out emergency repairs at high-voltage substations run by Ukrenergo, the country's national electricity transmission system operator. Work was also under way at facilities operated by electricity distribution companies. Nekrasov said energy workers were trying to restore damaged equipment as quickly as possible, with repair efforts continuing around the clock.
Repeated air-raid alerts were disrupting that work. "Their efforts are being hampered by constant air-raid warnings," Nekrasov said. The repair operations were taking place while some consumers remained without electricity following the overnight attacks.
Damaged equipment and falling voltage in the high-voltage network prompted the emergency cuts in Kyiv and the three oblasts. Scheduled outages are to resume once the energy system stabilises. Nekrasov said hourly outage schedules were already operating across most Ukrainian regions, while industrial consumers faced restrictions on electricity consumption.
Earlier reporting had indicated that some regions would have scheduled hourly cuts throughout Tuesday, November 10. The previous day, Russian forces damaged critical energy equipment in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, triggering widespread outages across large parts of Dnipro and Kamianske. Critical infrastructure was also affected by those interruptions.
Hostilities have disrupted gas supplies as well. Nearly 55,000 consumers in Donetsk Oblast were left without gas after a major pipeline was damaged.
