Emergency power outages have occurred in Kyiv and a number of regions of Ukraine, the metro has stopped, and there have been disruptions in water supply. The reason is damage to the energy system as a result of Russian attacks.
Emergency power outages occurred in Kyiv and a number of regions, the subway stopped in the capital and Kharkiv, and there were water supply interruptions in a number of cities, local authorities, regional power companies, and companies reported on Saturday, writes UNN.
Emergency power outages
Regions began reporting emergency power outages.
"In Kyiv, as in many cities of Ukraine, emergency power outages occurred. Subway traffic has been stopped due to low voltage in the network. Underground subway stations can currently function as shelters (on the stations' backup power supply)," said the capital's mayor Vitaliy Klitschko on social media.
"Following instructions from NPC "Ukrenergo", emergency shutdown schedules for 1-5 queues of consumers have been introduced in Sumy region. The reason is damage to the energy system as a result of attacks by the Russian army," Sumyoblenergo reported.
"Following instructions from NPC "Ukrenergo", 10 queues of the Emergency Shutdown Schedule (ESS) have been applied simultaneously in Chernihiv region," Chernihivoblenergo noted.
"At 10:48, a command was received from NPC "Ukrenergo" to apply 6-10 queues of the ESS," Poltavaoblenergo indicated.
Water supply interruptions
In Sumy, "due to power supply interruptions, some facilities of the Municipal Water Utility Company have been de-energized." "We ask city residents who currently do not have water to understand the temporary inconveniences. Specialists are working to eliminate the problem. As soon as the situation stabilizes, water supply will be restored," the Municipal Water Utility Company of the Sumy City Council noted.
In Vinnytsia, "due to a complete lack of electricity, Vinnytsia's main water pumping station stopped: the entire city is currently without water," Vinnytsiaoblvodokanal reported.
Subway stoppage
In Kyiv, "due to the disappearance of voltage from external power supply centers, train movement and escalator operation have been temporarily suspended in the subway," the Kyiv City State Administration noted.
In Kharkiv, "due to technical reasons, train movement on subway lines has been temporarily suspended," Kharkiv Metro reported. They promised to provide additional information on the resumption of service.
