“Ukrenergo” informs about a “significant number” of consumers without power and damaged energy facilities due to the strike of the Russian Federation

“Ukrenergo” reports about a “significant number” of consumers in Kyiv, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia and Odesa regions without power, as well as damaged energy facilities in several regions as a result of a massive Russian attack on the night of February 3.

“Wherever the security situation allows, emergency and restoration work is already taking place. Energy companies are doing everything possible to restore power to all consumers as soon as possible. Due to the consequences of today’s and previous Russian shelling, capacity limitation schedules for industry, as well as hourly shutdown schedules for all categories of consumers, are being applied in all regions of Ukraine today,” the message reads.

At the same time, according to Ukrenergo, emergency blackouts were forced to be applied in some regions, which will be canceled immediately after the situation in the energy system stabilizes.

In addition, the company noted that due to difficult weather conditions (ice and icing of power lines), 68 settlements in three regions – Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson – were completely or partially de-energized this morning.

Earlier today, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced that nine people were injured as a result of the Russian strike, five of them in Kyiv (according to the State Emergency Service).

The Air Force previously stated that Russia attacked Ukraine with more than half a thousand missiles and drones, there were hits in 27 locations, and the main directions of the attack were Kyiv region, Kharkiv region, Dnipropetrovsk region, Vinnytsia region, and Odesa region.

The attack, the target of which, in particular, was the energy infrastructure, took place against the background of trilateral talks between Ukraine, the United States and Russia in Abu Dhabi, aimed at ending the war, scheduled for February 4 and 5.