A power unit at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant has been connected to the power grid after scheduled repairs were completed ahead of schedule, the Ministry of Energy has announced.
“This will significantly affect the stability of the power system and reduce the electricity shortage caused by massive Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector,” the ministry said in a Telegram message on Wednesday.
According to the report, in the western and partially southern regions, power supply restrictions have been canceled until 18:00, in all other regions, restrictions are in effect from 0:00 to 24:00.
As reported with reference to DTEK and regional power distribution companies, the schedules of hourly blackouts until 16:00 have been canceled in Kyiv, Kyiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovs’k, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Rivne, Poltava, Zaporizhzhya, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Khmelnytsky regions.
