Weekend mostly passed without outages, but it is not decisive victory – Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the small restriction of electricity supply on Saturday and Sunday testifies to the professionalism of power engineers, but it is not yet a decisive victory on the energy front.

Source: President's evening address

Quote: "The majority of Ukrainians spent today and yesterday without many shutdowns. Of course, there were still restrictions in some districts and cities, where the degree of destruction is too significant. Of course, with the start of the new week, consumption will increase, and therefore there will be outage schedules. 

But the very fact that we can have such calm days in terms of energy, after the constant terrorist attacks with missiles and Shahed drones, after the large-scale missile attack this week, proves the professionalism of our power engineers and the extraordinary dedication of everyone who works to preserve our energy system."

Details: At the same time, the president called on people to realise that "this is not yet a decisive victory on the energy front".

"Unfortunately, there may be new terrorist attacks from Russia. There may be new restrictions if there is more destruction or consumption growth. But today and yesterday are yet another proof that by working together and helping each other, Ukrainians are able to do great things," Zelenskyy said.

Background: There was no restriction of electricity supply on Sunday, 12 February, as a result of the decrease in power consumption over the weekend and the commissioning of two nuclear power plant blocks.

At the same time, Dmytro Sakharuk, Executive Director of DTEK [leading Ukrainian energy company – ed.], stated that the increase in electricity consumption due to the beginning of the working week would lead to the return of outage schedules.

DTEK reported that on Monday, 13 February, there would be no limits in power supply in the city of Kyiv, Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.

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