“On January 7, in most regions of Ukraine, hourly power outages will be introduced for household consumers, and capacity restrictions will be introduced for industrial ones, Ukrenergo reports. The measures are related to large-scale Russian attacks on energy infrastructure”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
As the company’s press service informs in a telegram, hourly shutdown schedules and capacity limitation schedules (for industrial consumers) will be applied.
Ukrenergo reminds that the reason for the introduction of restrictive measures is the consequences of Russian missile and drone attacks on energy facilities.
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 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.