Bad weather cuts power to more than 600 settlements in Ukraine
Heavy rain and strong wind gusts caused power outages in more than 600 settlements across eight Ukrainian regions. Ukrenergo said repair crews were working to restore damaged overhead lines.
Key points
- The outages affected eight regions and more than 600 settlements.
Evidence · 2 source statements
Bad weather has also left more than 600 settlements without electricity across eight oblasts: Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Cherkasy and Chernihiv.
Due to adverse weather conditions (heavy rain and strong wind gusts), more than 600 settlements in eight regions – Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy,…
- Repair crews were working to restore damaged overhead power lines.
Evidence · 1 source statement
Repair crews from regional power distribution companies are already working to restore damaged overhead power lines, but weather conditions remain difficult in some regions,
Who's involved
Ukrenergo
Ukraine's power-grid operator provided information about the outages and restoration work.
It attributed the outages to adverse weather and said repair crews were working to restore damaged lines.
What they said · 4 source statements
Bad weather has also left more than 600 settlements without electricity across eight oblasts: Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Cherkasy and Chernihiv.
Due to adverse weather conditions (heavy rain and strong wind gusts), more than 600 settlements in eight regions – Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy,…
Repair crews from regional power distribution companies are already working to restore damaged overhead power lines, but weather conditions remain difficult in some regions,
What was reported
- Ukrenergo attributed the outages to heavy rain and strong wind gusts.
One source: Ukrinform
Evidence · 1 source statement
Due to adverse weather conditions (heavy rain and strong wind gusts), more than 600 settlements in eight regions – Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy,…
- The affected regions were Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Kyiv and Chernihiv; the report specified the Ukrainian-controlled part of Zaporizhzhia.
Reported independently by 3: RIA Novosti, Ukrainska Pravda, Ukrinform
Evidence · 3 source statements
Bad weather has also left more than 600 settlements without electricity across eight oblasts: Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Cherkasy and Chernihiv.
Due to adverse weather conditions (heavy rain and strong wind gusts), more than 600 settlements in eight regions – Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy,…
- Regional power distribution crews were working to restore damaged overhead lines, while difficult weather continued in some areas.
One source: Ukrinform
Evidence · 1 source statement
Repair crews from regional power distribution companies are already working to restore damaged overhead power lines, but weather conditions remain difficult in some regions,
Still unclear
- The number of individual subscribers affected was not stated.
- A timeline for restoring power was not stated.
Not heard from
- Residents and other electricity customers in the affected areas — They were directly affected by the outages, but no customers' statements appear.