Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Ukraine Schedules Hourly Power Cuts After Overnight Strikes Leave Parts of Three Regions Without Electricity

Ukrenergo says damage from missile and drone attacks forced the restrictions.

Overview

  • Ukrenergo reported morning outages on January 5 affecting consumers in Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions as well as the town of Slavutych.
  • Scheduled hourly power outages for households and capacity limits for industrial users are in effect in most regions today.
  • Emergency restoration work is underway where security conditions allow, according to the grid operator.
  • Electricity consumption at 09:30 was 5.8% higher than on Friday due to colder weather, prompting calls to use power sparingly and shift heavy use to after 23:00.
  • The overnight assault began Sunday evening and included nine Iskander-M missiles, S-300s, and about 165 attack drones, roughly 100 of them Shaheds.