Russia's night attack caused power outages in five regions of Ukraine: what is known
As of the morning of 19 January, as a result of another night attack by the Russian Federation, power outages were reported in five regions of Ukraine. This was reported by the National Energy Company Ukrenergo in its official Facebook post.
According to the company, Russian troops attacked energy infrastructure facilities in several regions over the past day. Some consumers in the Odesa, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions were left without power. Emergency repair work has begun wherever the security situation allows.
Due to the difficult state of the power system caused by previous shelling, emergency power cuts are being implemented in some regions. In other regions, power restriction schedules for industry and hourly power cut schedules for the population are in effect.
Ukrenergo also reported that as of 9:30 a.m. on 19 January, electricity consumption exceeded the previous working day's figures by 1.6%. The reason for the increase was a drop in air temperature in certain regions of the country.
Energy experts emphasise that throughout the day, all regions of Ukraine need to continue to consume electricity sparingly. Citizens are urged to limit the use of powerful electrical appliances as much as possible and, if possible, to shift energy-intensive processes to night-time hours — after 11 p.m.
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