Overview
- The Energy Ministry said new damage to energy infrastructure forced consumption restrictions across all regions.
- Hourly outage schedules take effect across the country during daytime hours, with planned power caps for industrial users.
- A nationwide air-raid alert sounded overnight, and local media reported explosions in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnytskyi and Burshtyn.
- Ukrainska Pravda, citing an energy-company representative, reported Ukrainians may face a recurring “4×2” pattern of cuts this winter.
- RIA Novosti linked the situation to Russian claims of strikes on Ukrainian military and defense industry targets in response to Ukrainian attacks.