• Ar
  • Es
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Feature
  • Videos
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Feature
Videos
Infographs
In Pictures
  1. Home
  2. News
  3. Europe
  4. Emergency blackout taking place in several Ukrainian regions
Europe

Emergency blackout taking place in several Ukrainian regions

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 14 Jan 17:33
  • 1 Shares

Ukraine is suffering from energy blackouts all over the country in the wake of Russia's retaliatory offensive launched in early October.

  • Some apartments are illuminated during a partial power outage in Kiev, Ukraine, December 31, 2022 (AP Photo)
    Some apartments are illuminated during a partial power outage in Kiev, Ukraine, December 31, 2022 (AP Photo)

Emergency blackouts are taking place in Odessa, Kiev, and Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, major Ukrainian energy corporation, DTEK, said on Saturday in the wake of a major Russian offensive.

"Due to the risk of a missile attack in the Odesa region, emergency electricity outages are being introduced," the company's arm in Odessa said on social media.

Additionally, emergency power outages also took place in Kiev and Dnipropetrovsk, with DTEK announcing that the schedules for "stabilization power cuts" not functioning properly.

Ukraine's electricity transmission system operator Ukrenergo said earlier in the day that emergency blackouts had taken place in 11 Ukrainian regions since they had exceeded the energy consumption limits that had been mandated.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said back in November that some 50% of Ukraine's energy infrastructure was damaged due to the retaliatory precision strikes that Russia has been carrying out since October 10 against Ukrainian infrastructure as a result of Ukraine's terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge.

Ukrenergo said in later November that there was a 20% power generation deficit in the country.

Read next: Ukraine says will stop exporting power to EU

Weeks later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was impossible for Kiev to completely restore the Ukrainian power grid.

Meanwhile, Sky News came out in late December and released mages from NASA's Suomi and NOAA-20 satellites of blackouts in Ukraine that the news outlet described as a "pulse". 

"Their powerful cameras, each the size of a grand piano, capture the pulse of the country - the twinkle of street lights, shop signs, and kitchen windows," the report added.

The relevance of the pictures taken is owed to their comparison in the energy supply situation between January and December, which showed how weak the pulse has become over time.

Exclusive new satellite imagery shows the impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

Yet British embassy officials have told Sky News that Ukraine has “more than enough” generating capacity.

Why then, are lights going out across Ukraine?https://t.co/oGMwEBT82M pic.twitter.com/GQkCVhdNuF

— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 23, 2022

The images show that by the end of November, Ukraine's energy system has become almost completely defective. 

  • Energy crisis
  • Europe
  • Russia
  • Electricity
  • Ukraine
  • European Union
Russia & NATO

Russia & NATO

As the Draconian Western-led sanctions on Russia exacerbate the economic crisis worldwide, and as Russian troops gain more ground despite the influx of military aid into Ukraine, exposing US direct involvement in bio-labs spread across Eastern Europe and the insurgence of neo-Nazi groups… How will things unfold?

Trending Now

All
Cars park in front of an oil tank of Shell as a pilot flame burns atop a flare stack at the refinery of the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Godorf near Cologne, Germany, August 3, 2022 (Reuters)

Germany could become 'bankrupt state' due to energy spending: Berlin

Most Read

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference on 25, February, 2022. (AFP)

Kiev unable to launch counteroffensive: Zelensky

  • Europe
  • 25 Mar
Europe's move has only increased Putin’s esteem outside the West -- but estimation of Europe’s political nous and understanding of Russia, however, is sharply diminished.

Lawfare Comes into Fashion: The New Geo-political ‘Rack’

  • Analysis
  • 25 Mar
President Joe Biden listens as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 3, 2023 (AP).

Hersh: Nord Stream explosion decision possibly 'anger' or 'punishment

  • US & Canada
  • 25 Mar
A woman walks by a money exchange shop decorated with different countries currency banknotes at Central, a business district in Hong Kong, Aug. 6, 2019 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

New BRICS currency underway: State Duma Deputy Chairman

  • Europe
  • 30 Mar

Read this

All
Syria
MENA

Repeated strikes show coordination between 'Israel', terrorists: Syria

  • Today
Medvedev
Europe

'NATO peacekeepers' to be targeted if deployed in Ukraine: Medvedev

  • Today
Romanian Indian
US & Canada

Romanian, Indian families found dead crossing into US from Canada

  • Today
ds
US & Canada

Lockheed falls behind in GMLRS production to meet new demands

  • Today
Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS