Over the past week, November 2-8, Russian forces targeted Ukraine's energy and oil and gas sectors 128 times. In total, 219 incidents were recorded during this period, leading to damage or destruction of energy infrastructure facilities.
This was reported on November 9 by the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine following a briefing by First Deputy Minister Artem Nekrasov.
The intensity of Russian strikes on energy and oil and gas infrastructure increased compared to the previous week. According to the Ministry of Energy, from October 26 to November 1, 94 targeted attacks and 208 incidents with damage or destruction of energy facilities were recorded.
Thus, over the week the number of targeted attacks increased by 34, or approximately 36%. The number of incidents causing damage increased by 11.
According to Nekrasov, Russian strikes cause serious damage to energy equipment, the restoration of which requires considerable time.
As of the morning of November 9, due to new attacks, some consumers remained without electricity in 12 regions of Ukraine: Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and Chernihiv.
The most difficult situation remains in Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv regions, where energy infrastructure suffered significant damage as a result of previous and new shellings.
Energy workers are working to restore stable electricity supply around the clock. Repair works are being carried out in all affected regions where the security situation allows.
At the same time, constant air raid alerts complicate the restoration of damaged equipment. During the threat of new strikes, crews are forced to interrupt work and return to it after the all-clear.
Separately, the Ministry of Energy reported on three energy industry workers wounded in Sumy region. A Russian drone attacked a service vehicle of energy workers. All injured were hospitalized.
According to NPC "Ukrenergo" and Sumy Regional Military Administration, the attack occurred on the morning of November 9 in Sumy. One of the wounded is in serious condition.
Due to damage to the power system, hourly electricity outage schedules continue to be in effect in most regions of Ukraine. For industrial enterprises, capacity limitation schedules are applied.
The Ministry of Energy warns that the electricity supply situation remains unstable and may change during the day, sometimes several times an hour. This is due both to the consequences of previous damage and to the risk of repeated attacks.
The ministry recommends consumers to check current outage schedules on the official resources of local distribution system operators. It is oblenergo (regional energy companies) that publish information about current restrictions and changes in the electricity supply regime for specific addresses.
As previously reported by "Kurs Ukrainy", in early November, after massive strikes on power plants, substations and thermal power plants in Ukraine, emergency outages were applied. New damage complicates the stabilization of the energy system and the return to predictable electricity supply schedules.
Based on materials: Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, Ministry of Energy (data for the previous week), ZN.UA
