Overview
- Ukraine’s grid operator said the outages, initially applied in several oblasts earlier in the day, were expanded to most regions on December 9.
- Energy analyst Oleksandr Kharchenko said reserves of equipment for distribution networks are nearly exhausted and he sees no clear funding sources to rebuild stocks.
- Economic Pravda reported in early November, citing a government representative, that about 1 gigawatt of generation was lost within days and outages could last more than 12 hours.
- Consumer advocate Oleh Popenko and lawmaker Mykhailo Bondar previously warned of potential winter gas shortfalls and apartment temperatures falling to 12–14°C.
- Mass multi‑hour blackouts have been occurring since October 10, with authorities pointing to damage across power and municipal infrastructure.