Emergency Power Outages Hit Kyiv and Six Regions After Russian Strikes

Emergency power outages were introduced in Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, and Dnipro on Sunday, November 8, following orders from Ukrenergo, with scheduled blackout timetables currently suspended. Emergency restrictions also apply in Kharkiv, Sumy, and Poltava oblasts, where previously published schedules are not in effect. Ukrenergo stated outages will be lifted as soon as the energy system's condition allows, while Dnipropetrovsk Oblast remains critically strained. The outages follow Russian attacks on November 7 that damaged a DTEK energy facility and Ukrenergo substations supplying nuclear power to central Ukraine. Lawmaker Serhiy Kozyr said Russia is deliberately targeting five 330 kV substations forming Kyiv's energy ring.