Energy Ministry: 500,000 customers left without power in Kyiv after Russian attack

Following a massive Russian attack, more than 500,000 consumers in Kyiv and around 100,000 in the Kyiv region have been left without electricity.

The Ukrainian Energy Ministry reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

On November 29, the enemy carried out a large-scale missile and drone attack targeting energy infrastructure facilities in Kyiv, as well as in the Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava, and Kharkiv regions.

As a result of the attack, more than 500,000 customers in Kyiv, around 100,000 in the Kyiv region, and nearly 8,000 in the Kharkiv region were without electricity as of Saturday morning.

Emergency repair teams are already working where the security situation currently allows. Energy workers are doing everything possible to restore power to all consumers as quickly as possible, the ministry said.

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Across all regions of Ukraine, scheduled rolling outages are being applied on November 29.

In addition, capacity restrictions for industrial consumers and businesses continue to be in effect in most regions.