Longer power outages in Kyiv are a new reality for Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the Yasno operator CEO, Serhii Kovalenko, has said.
“The situation in Kyiv is difficult. Today, all three groups of consumers are almost completely disconnected from supplies simultaneously. The schedules naturally aren’t working at the moment. In addition to all the damaged sites, where repairs are ongoing, another infrastructure object was hit, due to which there is no power for a large part of the Dnipro’s right bank in Kyiv and in some locations across the region. All districts are suffering in the same way. Now all critical infrastructure – hospitals, water utility objects, and subway – has been restored and there is electricity for somewhere around 20% of the population,” CEO wrote.
According to Kovalenko, 10 hours without electricity in Kyiv is, unfortunately, a new reality.
“It is difficult to predict how quickly we will return to stabilization schedules. Energy repair teams at all levels simply don’t make it on time to restore the functionality of the system in-between the strikes,” he noted. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)