“On December 25, hourly power outages and capacity restrictions for industrial consumers will be in effect in all regions of Ukraine due to the consequences of massive Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, Ukrenergo reports.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Ukrenergo” has not reported the volume of outages for some time, urging to focus on the data of regional suppliers.
The company notes that the reason for the introduction of restrictive measures is the consequences of Russian missile and drone attacks on energy facilities.
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Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia has been striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Since the beginning of the fall of 2025, the Russian military has increased its shelling of the Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure, which supplies people with gas during the heating season.
According to the Ministry of Energy, as of December 12, the Russian military has attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure 4,500 times since the beginning of this year.
On the morning of December 23, after another Russian attack on the energy system of Ukraine, consumers in the Rivne, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi regions were almost completely without power.
On October 30, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine stated that due to Russian attacks there is a serious risk of dangerous consequences for civilians this winter, including long interruptions in heating, electricity and water supply. According to the UN, such interruptions will have a particularly painful effect on vulnerable groups of the population, such as the elderly, persons with disabilities and families with small children.