Overview
- Sumyoblenergo said emergency shutoffs began at 18:52 local time in Sumy region on Ukrenergo’s instruction.
- Ukrenergo reported emergency outages in several regions and said restrictions will extend into Sunday.
- RBC-Ukraine reported that most of Kharkiv is without electricity, with water supply interruptions in some districts.
- Lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko said rolling cuts were introduced Saturday in Kyiv, Kharkiv and several other regions.
- Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk described the situation as very difficult after weeks of nationwide blackouts since October 10 linked to infrastructure damage.