{"id":3444,"date":"2025-10-27T19:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2025-10-27T19:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:55:15","slug":"ukraine-long-power-outages-popenco-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/ukraine-long-power-outages-popenco-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-term power cuts predicted in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"880\">Prolonged power outages are expected in Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"882\" data-end=\"1045\">Chairman of the Union of Consumers of Public Utilities <strong data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"942\">Oleg Popenko<\/strong> said that the situation with electricity supply in a number of regions of Ukraine <strong data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1042\">remains critically challenging<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1240\">According to him, <strong data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1177\">in Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Sumy and Chernihiv regions<\/strong> there may be no light <strong data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1237\">for half a day, a day or even weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1242\" data-end=\"1404\">\n<p data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1404\">\u00abThe situation is very difficult. The Odesa region, where the power grid has suffered serious damage after the latest attacks, remains a problem,\u00bb Popenko said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1409\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1411\" data-end=\"1435\">Causes of outages<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1497\">Experts name the main reasons for long outages:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1498\" data-end=\"1662\">\n<li data-start=\"1498\" data-end=\"1562\">\n<p data-start=\"1500\" data-end=\"1562\">massive <strong data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1559\">Russian attacks on energy infrastructure<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1563\" data-end=\"1602\">\n<p data-start=\"1565\" data-end=\"1602\"><strong data-start=\"1565\" data-end=\"1599\">shortage of generating capacity<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1603\" data-end=\"1662\">\n<p data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1662\">complexity <strong data-start=\"1616\" data-end=\"1659\">repair work due to constant shelling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1664\" data-end=\"1817\">Power engineers are working on <strong data-start=\"1688\" data-end=\"1715\">localisation of damage<\/strong> and warn that <strong data-start=\"1735\" data-end=\"1814\">it may take several weeks to fully restore a stable delivery schedule<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1819\" data-end=\"1822\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1824\" data-end=\"1849\">What experts advise<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1851\" data-end=\"2134\">Oleg Popenko recommends citizens to <strong data-start=\"1886\" data-end=\"1923\">prepare for winter in advance<\/strong> - purchase lanterns, power banks, water supplies and alternative heat sources.<br data-start=\"1999\" data-end=\"2002\" \/>He also called on local governments to <strong data-start=\"2053\" data-end=\"2120\">Set up heating stations and autonomous energy sources<\/strong> in communities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0412 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456 \u043e\u0447\u0456\u043a\u0443\u044e\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0442\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0441\u0432\u0456\u0442\u043b\u0430 \u0413\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0421\u043f\u0456\u043b\u043a\u0438 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0447\u0456\u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0443\u0433 \u041e\u043b\u0435\u0433 \u041f\u043e\u043f\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u0441\u0438\u0442\u0443\u0430\u0446\u0456\u044f \u0437 \u0435\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0440\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f\u043c \u0443 \u043d\u0438\u0437\u0446\u0456 \u0440\u0435\u0433\u0456\u043e\u043d\u0456\u0432 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0448\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0441\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u043d\u043e\u044e. \u0417\u0430 \u0439\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043c\u0438, \u0443 \u0425\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0456\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456\u0439, \u0414\u043d\u0456\u043f\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456\u0439, \u0417\u0430\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0456\u0437\u044c\u043a\u0456\u0439, \u0425\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043e\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456\u0439, \u041c\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0457\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456\u0439, \u0421\u0443\u043c\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456\u0439 \u0442\u0430 \u0427\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0456\u0433\u0456\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456\u0439 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044f\u0445 \u0441\u0432\u0456\u0442\u043b\u0430 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u0443\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u043e \u043f\u0456\u0432\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0438, \u0434\u043e\u0431\u0443 \u0430\u0431\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0432\u0456\u0442\u044c \u0442\u0438\u0436\u043d\u044f\u043c\u0438. \u00ab\u0421\u0438\u0442\u0443\u0430\u0446\u0456\u044f \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u043d\u0430. \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043c\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0437\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0448\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0436 \u041e\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":3445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0441\u0432\u0456\u0442\u043b\u0430","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806778],"tags":[806775],"class_list":{"0":"post-3444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-suspilstvo","8":"tag-806775"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3446,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444\/revisions\/3446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}