Consumers in 7 Ukrainian oblasts cut off from power supply due to hostilities, Ukraine's Energy Ministry says

Consumers in seven Ukrainian oblasts – Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kherson and Chernihiv – are facing power outages due to Russian bombardments and for technical reasons.

Source: press service of Ukraine's Energy Ministry

Details: Russian nighttime attacks cut off the power supply to 1,146 customers in Kharkiv Oblast, leaving 32,700 metering points without power.

A total of 4,600 households in seven settlements of Donetsk Oblast were disconnected from the power supply due to Russian attacks over the past 24 hours. Power engineers have reconnected 3,600 customers to the power grid in two settlements. As of this morning, 107 settlements remain without power supply, with a total of 47,700 consumers.

A total of 2,418 customers in Zaporizhzhia Oblast had lost power due to a technological disruption. All of them have been reconnected as of this morning. The hostilities have left 3,731 metering points in 51 settlements without power.

Two settlements in Ochakiv district (Mykolaiv Oblast) had lost power due to hostilities, with a total of 450 consumers. All of them have been supplied with power.

A total of 510 consumers in three settlements in Sumy Oblast were cut off due to technological disruption. As of this morning, 4,300 metering points in 72 settlements remain disconnected, including 3,847 customers due to hostilities.

A total of 2,900 metering points in the city of Kherson and 25,800 customers in 45 settlements in Kherson Oblast remain without power.

1,500 customers in 27 settlements of Chernihiv Oblast face power outages due to hostilities.

Background: Ukraine's consumer demands on 11 May were met by domestic generation, commercial imports, and emergency help from Poland, Romania, and Slovakia's power grids.

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