Emergency power cuts hit Kyiv and two Kyiv Oblast districts
Ukrenergo ordered emergency power outages in Kyiv and the Vyshhorod and Bucha districts on Tuesday, DTEK says, days after a Russian strike damaged a regional energy facility.
Kyiv and two districts of the surrounding , Vyshhorod and Bucha, had their electricity cut under emergency measures ordered by grid operator Ukrenergo on Tuesday, energy company said. Rotating outage schedules are suspended while emergency blackouts are in force.
The outages follow a Russian strike on 7 November that hit a DTEK energy facility in Kyiv Oblast, leaving parts of Brovary district without power; DTEK said the facility suffered extensive damage that would take time to repair. Ukraine's energy ministry said the wider attack that day caused outages in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Kharkiv regions and severely damaged numerous energy facilities in and around Kyiv.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces had targeted substations in Kyiv Oblast that connect the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants to Kyiv and central Ukraine.
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What we know
- Official · DTEK Kyiv and the Vyshhorod and Bucha districts of Kyiv Oblast had power cut under emergency measures ordered by Ukrenergo on Tuesday, DTEK said.
- 1 outlet · NV [Independent Media] The outages follow a 7 November Russian strike that damaged a DTEK facility in Kyiv Oblast and left part of Brovary district without power.
- 1 outlet · NV [Independent Media] Ukraine's energy ministry said the 7 November attack also caused outages in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr and Kharkiv regions.
- 1 outlet · NV [Independent Media] President Zelensky said the strikes targeted substations connecting the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear plants to Kyiv and central Ukraine.
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Why it matters for Europe
Kyiv and the surrounding oblast have faced repeated emergency blackouts since Russia's 7 November strikes damaged substations linking two nuclear power plants to the capital and central Ukraine, leaving the grid more exposed to further disruption.
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Questions and answers
- Why are there emergency power cuts in Kyiv?
- Grid operator Ukrenergo ordered emergency outages in Kyiv and two Kyiv Oblast districts on Tuesday, DTEK said, after Russian strikes damaged energy infrastructure.
- What caused the damage?
- A Russian strike on 7 November hit a DTEK facility in Kyiv Oblast and substations connecting two nuclear plants to the capital, officials said.
- Which other regions were affected?
- Ukraine's energy ministry said the 7 November attack also caused outages in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr and Kharkiv regions.
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