Zelensky said there are restrictions on the use of electricity in 14 of Ukraine’s 27 regions – including Kyiv and its suburbs.
Snow falls in Kyiv and the temperature hovers around freezing today as millions of residents of the Ukrainian capital and its suburbs struggle to cope with power and central heating cuts caused by Russian airstrikes.
The cold is gradually increasing consumers’ energy needs and workers are racing against time to repair damaged energy infrastructure, it said. the managing company of the Ukrenergo network. Power producers are still unable to fully feed the grid after Russia’s missile attacks last Wednesday and have no choice but to conserve power by forcing blackouts, he added.
“The consumption restriction regime remains in place due to the deficit, which is around 20%,” Ukrenergo said in a Telegram post.
Moscow has targeted critical infrastructure in recent weeks, with effect cause widespread blackouts. Last Wednesday’s attacks caused the worst damage to date, leaving millions without electricity, water or heating as the mercury dropped below 0 degrees Celsius.
David Arakhamiya, the head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party, predicted that Russia would launch new attacks on infrastructure this week which are expected to be “really difficult”.
On Saturday night Zelensky said there were restrictions on the use of electricity in 14 of Ukraine’s 27 regions – including Kyiv and its suburbs. These restrictions affect more than 100,000 consumers in each region. “If consumption increases at night, the number of power outages may increase,” he said in his daily address, repeating his appeal to citizens to save energy.
Forecasters predict that snowfall in Kyiv will continue until the middle of the weekwhile the temperature will remain at very low levels.
Four hours of electricity a day
Sergey Kovalenko, the head of the YASNO company that supplies electricity to Kyiv, said on Saturday that the situation in the city had improved but remained “quite difficult”. He explained that residents should have electricity for at least four hours a day. “If you didn’t have electricity for at least four hours yesterday, contact the Kyiv Electric Network DTEK, colleagues will help you find what the problem is,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
YASNO is the retail arm of DTEK, the largest private energy company.
Ukrenergo warned that the blackouts would continue and urged consumers to reduce energy use.
“We want to remind you that now, every Ukrainian whose home has had electricity restored, can help restore it for others faster, just by consuming electricity sparingly,” the company said.
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