Russia attacked Ukrainian energy sector: emergency power outages

The Russian military said that within 24 hours they had attackeddestruction of Ukrainian energy facilitiesensuring the operation of defense industry enterprises. The result was massive power outages throughout Ukraine.

“Operational-tactical aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation damaged energy facilities that support the operation of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, transport infrastructure used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine…”– the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday.

In Ukraine after massive Russian strike for energy facilities, on the night of November 8, the metro in Kharkov did not operate for the second day in a row. An attempt to resume train service on the morning of November 9 failed due to a voltage drop in the network. Subway stations are open, but only operating under shelter mode.

Throughout the day on November 9, power outage schedules are in effect in most regions of Ukraine.

Train schedules were significantly disrupted due to the impacts. In the Poltava region, delays ranged from 7 to 9 hours; passengers of one of the trains were forced to leave the train and walk to the nearest station.

The Centerenergo company reported the most massive attack on its thermal power plants since the beginning of the war. As a result, electricity generation at the company’s facilities dropped to zero. Restoration work is currently underway.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga, in turn, announced further attacks on substations that provide electricity to the Khmelnitsky and Rivne nuclear power plants. He called Russia’s actions nuclear blackmail and called on the IAEA Board of Governors to urgently discuss the situation. He also called on China and India to put pressure on Russia.

According to Russian military bloggers, on the night of November 8, the Russian army attacked the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant in the Kyiv region, the Zmievskaya Thermal Power Plant in the Kharkov region, the Pridneprovskaya Thermal Power Plant in the city of Dnieper and the Kremenchug Hydroelectric Power Plant.

After the massive Russian missile attack on the night of November 8, the situation in the Ukrainian energy system remains difficult.

The First Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine spoke about this Artem Nekrasov on the air of the “United News” telethon.

According to him, – “This attack was one of the most severe for the energy sector since the beginning of a full-scale war. The Russian occupiers struck mainly with ballistic missiles, which are difficult to shoot down. Of the 45 missiles launched during the attack, 32 were ballistic.
The power engineers are working non-stop, but it takes time to stabilize the system.”
Due to previous attacks, certain areas of the Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkov and Chernigov regions remain without power. Restoration work continues in compliance with safety requirements and only after permission from the military.
The Ministry of Energy urged Ukrainians to limit the use of household appliances during peak hours – from 8:00 to 11:00 and from 16:00 to 20:00. Moving energy-intensive processes to a time after 22:00 will help reduce the load on the system and speed up its stabilization.

“Due to the large-scale destruction of the Ukrainian generation, its repair is significantly difficult”added Artem Nekrasov, commenting on the situation with power outages.

According to him, all TPPs of the Centrenergo company have stopped generating electricity. This was due to Russian tactics that included ballistic missile and drone strikes against both generation facilities and distribution systems.

“There is a power shortage, there are not enough spare parts. Under these conditions, hourly blackouts are inevitable, and they have already been introduced in most regions. The most difficult situation is in the Kharkov, Sumy and Poltava regions. There are up to three queues of hourly shutdowns in effect at the same time. In other areas, hourly outages reach two and a half lines.”– said Nekrasov.

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