About 40% consumers in Kharkiv remain without electricity supply
About. 40% consumers in Kharkiv are currently without electricity supply. This was announced by the mayor Igor Terekhov on the air of the national telethon.
According to him, due to the difficult situation in the power system, the city uses both emergency shutdowns, and schedules of hourly power outages.
Details of the situation
Earlier, the regional power company informed that it was introduced for the Kharkiv region:
emergency power outages due to infrastructure damage;
hourly shutdown schedules to stabilise the power system;
priority power restoration for critical infrastructure.
Power companies are working in an intensive mode, but the exact timeframe for the full restoration of power supply has not yet been announced.
Context.
Kharkiv is regularly subjected to massive attacks by Russia, in particular on energy infrastructure. This leads to prolonged power outages and disrupts the work of city services and the daily lives of residents.
City authorities call on Kharkiv residents follow the official announcements and prepare for possible long-term power outages.
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