Ukraine’s power grid operator Ukrenergo announced on Wednesday the suspension of electricity supplies across the country to avoid major grid failures following a new Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which also shut down three nuclear power plants. power plants

“The missile strike continues, but there is already an impact on energy infrastructure facilities. In all regions there are emergency power outages,” says Ukrenergo’s message on Facebook, Agerpres reports with reference to the EFE, Reuters and AFP agencies.

The Ukrainian operator notes that “this is a necessary measure to protect the power grid from other man-made accidents and maintain the system in working order.”

As soon as the anti-aircraft warning disappears, the repair teams will start restoring the power supply, the Ukrainian company adds. However, attention is drawn to the fact that due to rain or snowfall in some regions, repairs may be delayed.

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Ukrenergo reminds the population that in the event of a long-term interruption of energy supply, “stability points” are activated – shelters for the population, equipped with all basic services, namely: water, electricity, heating, first-aid kits, and connection to mobile phones. and the Internet.

For its part, the Ukrainian operator of the NPP “Energoatom” announced the emergency shutdown of reactors at three such stations – Yuzhnoukrainskaya, Khmelnytskyi and Rivneskaya. “At the moment, they are working in the project mode, without producing energy for the national energy system,” Energoatom notes.

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