Ukrainian authorities today called on the population to “hold on” in the face of further power cuts to be expected. From Monday he will urge the operator Oblenerho to revise its plans for the region, said Vitaly Kim, governor of the Mykolayiv region in southern Ukraine, in the online service Telegram. “There will very likely be four-hour shutdowns.”
The governor justified this with increasing power consumption, which made longer interruptions in the supply necessary to relieve the regional power grid. “We have to hold on,” he appealed to the people of the region.
Heavy fighting in the east
Since October, Russia has launched massive attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities, causing extensive damage. As a result, there were massive power outages in the country.
According to the authorities, there is currently heavy fighting in the east of the country. The Russians had time to prepare for attacks by Ukrainian soldiers, said Serhiy Hajday, the governor of the Luhansk region. Moscow recently declared the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Cherson and Zaporizhia to be annexed.
According to the Ukrainian Presidency, the situation is also “difficult” near the town of Bakhmut. In Cherson, too, Kiev’s soldiers see themselves in a difficult situation. “The Russians bombed Cherson,” the Ukrainian Presidency announced today. The power grids were damaged.
