“There were power outages in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson regions”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of an unmanned aerial vehicle attack, a fire broke out on the territory of a substation, which led to the blackout of substations and household consumers. In addition, due to ground fire caused by shelling, the overhead line was disconnected, which caused a decrease in voltage and disruption of train movement. In the Zaporizhzhia region, the overhead line was shut down due to wire breaks as a result of the shelling,” the report says.
At the same time, the ministry noted that scheduled power outages are not planned for September 23.
The Ministry of Energy emphasizes 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.
Last week, the UN mission said that Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have caused significant damage and could lead to even more devastating consequences as winter approaches.