Ukraine began restricting electricity consumption for the first time since the start of Russia's invasion as the country sustained serious damage to its infrastructure following waves of Russian air strikes targeting its electricity grid
- Oct 20, 2022, 10:30 AM CDT
The supply restriction started at 7 a.m. local time and is due to last until 11 p.m., with grid operator Ukrenergo urging Ukrainians"to charge everything" before the start of the cuts, warning temporary blackouts were possible if people did not reduce their use of electricity. The company urged people to make sure they have charged mobile phones, power banks, flashlights, and batteries.
"Our region experienced missile fire today. The Burshtyn thermal power station was hit, which caused a fire," Svitlana Onyshchuk, governor of Ivano-Frankivsk region, said in an online video statement."There is new damage to critical infrastructure. Three energy facilities were destroyed by the enemy today," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address late on October 19.
"Unfortunately, according to new data, about 40 percent of the total infrastructure is seriously damaged. Repair and connection work is ongoing, but outages are expected today and tomorrow," Kharchenko said on Ukrainian television. Scholz said such tactics by Russian President Vladimir Putin would"only strengthen the resolve and the will of Ukraine and its partners to persevere."
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