Emergency power outage schedules introduced in Sumy Oblast, Zaporizhzhia urged to save gas

Emergency power outage schedules have been introduced in Sumy Oblast, while several districts in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast have been left without electricity. Residents of Zaporizhzhia are being urged to save gas and traffic across the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) dam has been suspended. These are the consequences of a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine on the night of 9-10 October.

Source: Sumyoblenergo, Sumy's distribution system operator; Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration; Zaporizhzhiagaz, a company that distributes, transports and supplies natural gas to households and businesses in Zaporizhzhia Oblast; DTEK Dnipro Electric Networks, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast brunch of the largest private energy company in Ukraine

Quote from Sumyoblenergo: "Emergency power outage schedules have been implemented in Sumy Oblast at the instruction of Ukrenergo. They apply to 10 groups of consumers. The reason for the outages is the consequences of the Russian attack on the energy sector."

Details: Sumyoblenergo noted that emergency outage schedules are introduced only in critical situations, so their duration cannot be predicted.

DTEK Dnipro Electric Networks reported that due to a local network failure, electricity supply is temporarily unavailable in parts of the city of Samar and in the Samar, Pavlohrad and Synelnykove districts.

"Specialists are already working to deal with the damage and restore the power supply," the statement said.

Fedorov noted that the Russians had attacked energy infrastructure facilities across the country.

"Traffic across the Dnipro HPP dam in Zaporizhzhia is currently blocked as a precautionary measure. Movement will be resumed as soon as the security situation allows," he wrote.

Zaporizhzhiagaz reported that due to damage to gas infrastructure caused by the Russian attack, it is extremely important to temporarily limit the use of natural gas.

"Please use gas appliances as little as possible until emergency repair work is completed. This is necessary to stabilise pressure in the network and avoid disconnections. We ask residents and businesses to treat the situation with understanding. Information about the restoration of stable gas supply will be provided later," the company urged.

Background: Parts of Kyiv were left without electricity and water supply due to the Russian attack.

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