Overview
- Ukrenergo reports overnight strikes on energy facilities left customers without electricity in Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv and Donetsk.
- Emergency shutoffs are in effect in Kyiv and the Kyiv region as well as Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy and Poltava.
- Ukraine’s acting energy minister said the capital’s situation remains extremely difficult and more than 40,000 households in Dnipropetrovsk were without power in the morning.
- Rolling blackout schedules and capacity limits continue across other regions while crews work to restore damaged equipment where security allows.
- Electricity demand was 5.4% lower than the previous day as operators urged residents to conserve power and shift heavy use to late night.