“The Ministry of Energy says that in the Kharkiv region, as a result of hostilities, power was cut off at substations and household consumers, power has been restored”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Last day, energy companies restored power to 27,441 consumers who were cut off as a result of hostilities and technological violations. As of the morning of September 30, 484 settlements remain partially or completely without power due to hostilities and technical violations,” the department notes.
It is noted that “during the day due to shelling and fighting there were power outages in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. For example, in the Zaporizhzhia region, as a result of the fall of UAV debris at the substation, the equipment was turned off, and at the same time, household consumers were cut off. In total, 1,212 subscribers remained without electricity supply.
The Ministry of Energy says that in the Kharkiv region, as a result of hostilities, power was cut off at substations and household consumers, power has been restored.
“In the Donetsk region, due to hostilities, the overhead line was turned off, consumers were not cut off. In addition, as a result of unfavorable weather conditions, 45 settlements in Khmelnytskyi region and 11 settlements in Chernivtsi region were cut off,” the agency reported.
The Ministry of Energy previously emphasized that the significant damage caused by Russia’s mass attacks, in particular one of the largest attacks on the energy industry on August 26, continues to complicate the operation of the energy system. In addition, Russian troops do not stop daily shelling of energy infrastructure facilities.
According to the ministry, since October 2022, Russia has carried out more than a thousand strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities, and this year alone, 9 GW of generating capacity was lost due to strikes.
Earlier, the UN mission stated that Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure caused significant damage and could lead to even more devastating consequences as winter approaches.