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New Russian Strikes Black Out Government‑Held Donetsk as Odesa Repairs Continue

The grid operator says government‑controlled Donetsk is fully de‑energized after overnight attacks, with restoration crews already at work.

Overview

  • Ukrenergo reported that all users in the government‑controlled part of Donetsk region lost power overnight, with emergency repairs underway and fresh outages in Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv.
  • DTEK said electricity has been restored to 184,500 customers in Odesa region and to nearly all critical infrastructure cut off by the December 13 strike, though repairs remain complex.
  • Officials estimate about 430,000 consumers in the south, including Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson, still have no electricity as hourly outage schedules and system balancing measures continue.
  • More than one million customers initially lost power after the December 13 attacks that deliberately hit distribution and transmission facilities, including Ukrenergo substations.
  • Authorities have activated humanitarian support, with Odesa’s invincibility centres recording about 19,000 visits in a day and financial services sustained through the Power Banking network.