“Accident in the energy system of Ukraine: the light will be restored in Kyiv and the regions within hours.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Shmyhal, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi
Details: Shmyhal explained that at 10:42 a technological violation occurred with the simultaneous disconnection of the 400 kV line between the energy systems of Romania and Moldova and the 750 kV line between the western and central parts of Ukraine, which caused a cascade disconnection in the network and activation of automatic protections at substations.
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Shmyhal’s direct speech: “Nuclear power plant units were unloaded.
Currently, the dispatcher has applied special emergency shutdown schedules in Kyiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Kharkiv regions.
“Ukrenergo” energy workers are working to restore electricity supply. Power will be restored in the next few hours.”
Zelensky’s direct speech: “There were reports by Svyridenko and Shmygal on the emergency situation in the power system due to technological reasons on the lines between the power systems of our country and Moldova.
All the necessary response at the level of the Ukrainian energy system is in place, restoration work is underway. The task is to stabilize the situation in the near future.”
We will remind: On Saturday, January 31, in Kyiv, the movement of trains and the operation of escalators were suspended in Kyiv due to the loss of voltage from external power supply centers.
Later, it became known that emergency shutdowns were implemented in Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Odesa Oblast, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast under the command of Ukrenergo.
Later a system accident occurred in the energy system of Ukraine, as a result of which a significant part of Ukraine was cut off.