Situation in Ukrainian energy system: emergency power outages in nine regions

Ukrenergo National Power Company informs about this.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The most difficult situation remains in the central, eastern and Dnipro regions.

Emergency power outages schedules have been introduced in Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv regions and the capital.

"Critical infrastructure facilities are prioritized, restoration of energy supply to household consumers may take a long time," the company emphasized.

The power system maintains a stable frequency of 50 Hz, Ukrenergo adds.

Repair crews are constantly working.

• As of December 18, emergency restoration works are ongoing in Ukraine: there is a shortage of energy in the system due to frost and damage to infrastructure after Russian shelling. 

• DTEK Executive Director Dmytro Sakharuk said that it would take 2-3 weeks to fully restore electricity production in Ukraine, and it will take years to return it to the state it was in before the shelling began.  

• On the night of December 19, Russian troops attacked Kyiv and the region with Shahed drones. Air defense forces managed to shoot down 15 drones, but critical infrastructure objects were hit. 

• On Monday, December 19, emergency power outages were implemented in Kyiv, planned schedules are not in effect.