The Kyiv government reported that 492 settlements across Ukraine have been left without electricity due to bad weather, shelling, shelling, and fighting.
THE energy consumption in Ukraine ranged in high record today, increasing pressure on the vulnerable energy sector, while approx 500 settlements are facing power outages because of Russian bombing, airstrikes and bad weather, officials said.
Ukraine, which exported electricity before Russia’s February 2022 invasion, was forced to turn to emergency power imports from neighboring Romania and Poland this week to meet demand, power grid operator Ukrenergo said.
“The energy system remains in a difficult situation. At the moment, there is no available capacity in the energy plants.”
The energy system is entering a second winter of war in a much more difficult situation after months of Russian missile and drone attacks that hammered critical infrastructure last winter.
These strikes plunged entire cities into darkness and forced residents to spend long periods of time without water or heating in the bitter cold. Although the energy system is now weakened, the Ukrainians hope that the better air defenses provided by the West will help them prevail.
Ukrenergo urged residents to conserve electricity in the face of ongoing Russian attacks, nearly two years after Moscow’s full-scale invasion that seized swaths of the east and south, about a fifth of the country.
“This morning Ukrenergo again recorded a high level of consumption, which is almost equal to yesterday’s record,” the company said in a statement, adding that consumption is at its highest levels so far this heating season.
Consumption rose 4% yesterday, Thursday, compared to a day earlier, it said.
The Kyiv government said in a statement that 492 settlements across Ukraine have been left without electricity due to bad weather, shelling, shelling, and fighting.
Russia is continuing its strikes on the energy system this winter, sending dozens of drones almost every night to hit power plants and distribution networks across the country.
Ukrenergo reported that a thermal power station in the east was again damaged by systematic and prolonged shelling.
Also, an energy facility in another area was closed for emergency repairs. The dense clouds covering the sky of the country do not allow the operation of power plants from the sun.
Source :Skai
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