“Unprecedented” power outages scheduled for the “coming days” in Kyiv and his province due to the significant damage caused vigorous system in Ukraine from recent Russian strikes, a private Ukrainian company said today DTEK.

“Unfortunately, there will be more serious and prolonged outages in the coming days,” the regional office of Ukraine’s largest utility company said. facebook.

“The country’s energy system has suffered further damage,” she said. DTEKestimating “a shortfall of up to 30% of consumption for Kyiv.”

For more than two weeks now, Russia has stepped up strikes on energy infrastructure across Ukraine, knocking out at least a third of its capacity in that area, and winter is just around the corner.

As a result, in order to avoid overloading the entire distribution network, in many areas, especially in the capital Kyiv, blackouts lasting several hours are introduced every day for several days.

“There is no other solution”

Following the Russian bombings that took place on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the planned holiday in Kyiv and its region will last “five to six hours” instead of the planned four hours, the team leader added. DTEK, Dimtro Shakaruk according to news agency Interfax-Ukraine.

The new power outage schedule will be made public in the coming days, he said. Shakaruk. “I warn you that this will be unpleasant, because the hours that someone will have to be without electricity should increase. Unfortunately, until the infrastructure is repaired, there is no other solution.”

Governor of the Kyiv province, Alexei Cottage For his part, on Thursday, he urged the local population to prepare for “indefinite power outages” and to “consume electricity in moderation.”

“The situation remains tense and, unfortunately, it is too early to talk about the stabilization of the system,” he said today in Telegram.

Zelensky: holidays touched 4 million Ukrainians

Nearly four million people were affected by the blackout, he said. Vladimir Zelensky.

“Electricity has been cut off in many cities and regions of our country to stabilize the situation,” the President of Ukraine said. “This holiday is now celebrated by almost four million Ukrainians,” he added.

According to Zelensky the districts that these problems face are the city of “Kyiv and its province”, the regions Zhitomir (Midwest), Poltava, Cherkasy as well as Kirovograd In the center, Smooth (west), Kharkiv (East), Chernihiv as well as Sumy North.

^{Source: APE-MEB, AFP.}