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☆ Russia has tried to break Ukraine’s energy grid. This winter, Ukrainians are prepared for the worst
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Victoria Butenko | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

When Russia pounded Ukraine’s power grid with widespread and repeated waves of airstrikes last year, causing massive rolling blackouts, his wife had just given birth to their second daughter. As families like Gindyuk’s gird themselves for the possibility of another dark winter, Ukraine has been rushing to rebuild and protect its fragile energy infrastructure. The summer provided a respite for Ukraine’s power grid. “Ukraine’s power system continues to operate in an emergency mode, which affects both power grids and generation,” a news release accompanying the report said. Physical barriers have been erected around Ukraine’s high-voltage electricity transmission network, which is operated by the national energy company Ukrenergo .

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☆ Ukraine heads into winter with a hobbled energy system
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Olena Harmash | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine declines to share detailed data on the impact of attacks on its energy system, treating it as sensitive information during wartime. Kyiv School of Economics' research centre estimated the direct damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure at $8.8 billion as of June. Last winter, Ukraine was helped by relatively mild weather, rapid repairs, nuclear power and electricity imports from Europe, but some officials expect tougher conditions this time. Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, head of national grid operator Ukrenergo, said the main grid, one of the most damaged parts of the energy system, was ready to transmit winter volumes of electricity. "The energy system is not as reliable and with a smaller reserve capacity than it was before the targeted strikes," he said.

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☆ Ukraine has electricity reserves, no more outages planned if no new strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Feb 25 (Reuters) - Ukraine plans no more outages to ration electricity if there are no new strikes and has been able to amass some power reserves, the energy minister said on Saturday, after months of interruptions caused by Russian bombings. "Electricity restrictions will not be introduced, provided there are no strikes by the Russian Federation on infrastructure facilities," Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said in remarks posted on the ministry's Telegram messaging platform. "But our power engineers managed to maintain the power system, and for the third week in a row, electricity generation has ensured consumption needs, we have reserves," Halushchenko said. A Feb. 4 fire that broke out at an overloaded power station left hundreds of thousands of residents without electricity. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Fire at Odesa power substation leaves Ukraine port city's grid on the brink
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"(The equipment) has been struck so many times that its state leaves much to be desired," Kudrytskyi told a briefing in Odesa, a city on the Black Sea. "We will do everything we can for the improvement of the power supply situation to take days rather than weeks," he said. "The situation is difficult, the scale of the accident is significant, it is impossible to quickly restore power supply," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on Telegram. Prime Minister Shmyhal said he had ordered Ukraine's energy ministry to scramble every available high-power generator in its nationwide inventory and deliver it to Odesa within a day. At the briefing, Kudrytskyi said the city's critical infrastructure facilities were now being supplied with power.

☆ Ukraine keeps patching up its power grid. But Russia’s barrage could force more Ukrainians to flee as winter bites
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Tim Lister Olga Voitovych Victoria Butenko | Tim Lister | Olga Voitovych | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The result is a grinding battle of attrition: Barrages of Russian missiles fly across Ukraine, and Ukrainian power engineers work for days in freezing temperatures to restore power. “By the nature of the attacks we see that Russian missiles are directed by Russian power engineers,” says Tymoshenko. 15 gigawatts of Ukraine’s power capacity have been taken out, compared to the pre-war capacity of 56 gigawatts (GW) of power, according to Ukrenergo. Tymoshenko told CNN that Ukraine’s power system has been part of the continental network since March after synchronization of the systems. “And this, of course, will encourage us to further technological development of the power system after victory,” he says.

☆ Ukraine grid operator: damage from Russian attacks 'colossal'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine's national power grid operator said on Tuesday the damage dealt to Ukrainian power generating facilities by Russian missile attacks was "colossal" but dismissed the need to evacuate civilians. Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, chief executive officer of Ukrenergo, told a briefing that Ukrainians could face long power outages but that the grid operator wanted to help provide the conditions for people to remain in the country through winter. Practically no thermal or hydroelectric stations had been left unscathed by the Russian attacks, he said. "The scale of destruction is colossal," Kudrytskyi said. He said a short cold snap was expected from Wednesday but that temperatures would rise again after that, providing an opportunity to stabilise the power generating system.

☆ Ukraine is helping evacuate people out of Kherson because they're afraid that shattered power infrastructure will bring a devastating winter
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian forces withdrew from the southern city of Kherson last week — a major victory for Ukraine. Last week, Moscow ordered a withdrawal of troops from Kherson — the largest city that was occupied by Russian forces since the start of the invasion in February. During their retreat from Kherson, Russian forces blew up two major power-providing facilities in the region, plunging thousands into darkness, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the head of Ukraine's power grid operator Ukrenergo, said last week. Some Kherson residents told The Guardian they're trying to collect as much wood as possible to keep warm. Officials in Ukraine's capital city Kyiv are preparing for the possibility of a complete evacuation because they are unable to maintain their electricity grid.

☆ Ukrainians face first nationwide electricity outages after Russian strikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Ukrainians faced their first large-scale nationwide disruptions to electricity on Thursday as officials sought to restrict supply to allow energy companies to repair power facilities that have been pounded by Russian air strikes. The president's office told Ukrainians late on Wednesday that they should minimise their use of electricity from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and prepare for temporary blackouts if this was not done. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterDTEK, a major electricity supplier in Kyiv, told consumers it would do its best to make sure outages did not last longer than four hours. He said late on Wednesday that three more energy facilities had been hit by attacks that day. "Please limit your electricity consumption and use those appliances that consume a lot of energy," he told Ukrainians in his nightly speech to the nation.

☆ Power largely restored in Ukraine after Russian attacks - grid operator
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Power has largely been restored across Ukraine following this week's attacks by Russia on Ukrainian energy facilities, the head of the Ukrainian grid operator said on Thursday. This is the biggest joy energy workers can have right now," he said. The government has urged Ukrainians to conserve energy since those attacks, and Ukrainian officials have reported more Russian strikes on energy infrastructure since then. Kudrystskyi said more Russian attacks were possible on energy facilities, so civilians should continue to limit their energy use. Accusing Russian energy workers of helping the Russian military select its targets, he said: "I can tell from the character of the damage that (Russian energy workers) helped to choose the targets."

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