Over the past week, Russian forces damaged 10 DTEK energy facilities in the Kyiv region. Over four days, power engineers restored electricity supply to more than 203,000 households.
This was reported by DTEK.
Russia is also attacking Ukrenergo’s high-voltage infrastructure, through which electricity is delivered to the region. As a result, the operator has to apply emergency and stabilisation outages.
Another problem is the simultaneous switching on of electrical appliances after power is restored. People try to use boilers, heaters and other equipment straight away, causing the networks to experience excessive load.
As a result, new faults occur. According to DTEK, hundreds of such cases are now recorded every day.
Power engineers are urging consumers to switch on high-power electrical appliances gradually after the electricity comes back on, to reduce the load on the networks and help avoid further damage.
- On the night of 13 November, Russia once again attacked the energy sector, with the enemy’s main targets being high-voltage substations. Damage and destruction have been reported in nine regions.