Power outage in Kherson and Mykolaiv, but it’s not an “arrival”
16 October 2024 10:23
On the morning of 16 October, Kherson and Mykolaiv were almost completely cut off from electricity, but this was not due to Russian interference with the energy infrastructure. This was reported by local leaders of the UWA, reports "Komersant Ukrainian"
“There was a power outage in Kherson. Preliminary, the whole city is without power. The reasons are being investigated. Follow our updates,”
– said Roman Mrochko, head of Kherson’s city military administration, at 8:16 am.
At 9:46, he said that the problem arose in the neighbouring region, and it was already under the control of the Ministry of Energy.
“UPD: To the attention of Kherson residents! The problem that has caused the city to lose power has arisen in the neighbouring region. Specialists are already working to fix it. The issue of restoring electricity supply to Kherson consumers is under control of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine,”
– mrochko wrote on Telegram.
The neighbouring region is Mykolaiv, where there are also problems with electricity.
“Many people are without electricity. We found the point of the accident. It’s not a power outage. We will fix it in a couple of hours, if there are no other surprises,”
– vitaliy Kim, the head of Mykolaiv Regional State Administration, wrote at 8:58 a.m.
The Ministry of Energy has not yet said anything about the incident.
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Situation in the Ukrainian energy sector
on 22 March 2024, Russia resumed its attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector, carrying out the most massive shelling in the entire period of the full-scale war. In particular, DniproHES and other Ukrainian energy facilities were hit. Since then, Russia has been regularly shelling Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
For example, the Russians destroyed the Trypillia and Zmiiv thermal power plants, causing Centrenergo to lose 100% of its generation. Also, 5 of DTEK’s 6 thermal power plants were severely damaged.
After that, power outages started again in Ukraine, Ukrenergo introduced blackout schedules and the government raised electricity tariffs by 60% at once.
At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to build two new units at the Khmelnytsky N PP and has already received the approval of the relevant parliamentary committee. The Razumkov Centre has criticised these plans, but some experts believe that only traitors or scoundrels are against the construction of nuclear power plants today.
Russia launched another massive attack on the Ukrainian energy sector on 26 August. This time, they attacked the distribution and electricity supply systems, and also hit the Kyiv hydroelectric power station.
Some experts believe that the blackouts could last until spring. The National Security and Defence Council’s Disinformation Countermeasures Centre recently voiced a worst-case scenario that envisages blackouts of up to 20 hours a day.
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