{"id":1379575,"date":"2026-04-08T11:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ukraine-introduces-power-outages-due-to-russian-attacks-and-cold-snap\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:39:20","slug":"ukraine-introduces-power-outages-due-to-russian-attacks-and-cold-snap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/ukraine-introduces-power-outages-due-to-russian-attacks-and-cold-snap\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine introduces power outages due to Russian attacks and cold snap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"105\" data-end=\"261\"><strong>On Wednesday, April 8, Ukraine imposed power supply restrictions due to the consequences of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure and increased consumption.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"321\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Ukrenergo\/4850\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ukrenergo<\/span><\/span><\/a> reported this.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"348\"> Consequences of the shelling<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"494\"> As a result of drone and artillery attacks, consumers in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Sumy regions remain without power.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"573\"> Due to the difficult situation in the power system, restrictions are being applied throughout the country: <\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"716\"><\/p>\n<li data-section-id=\"gsz4vw\" data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"642\"> from 07:00 to 22:00 \u2013 power limitation schedules for industry;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li data-section-id=\"wam0kp\" data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"716\"> from 11:00 to 13:00 \u2013 hourly outages for all categories of consumers.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"745\"> Consumption growth<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"951\"> As of 9:30 a.m., electricity consumption was 16% higher than the previous day. The main factors were a sharp cold snap and cloudy weather, which reduced the efficiency of solar power plants.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"953\" data-end=\"1027\"> The peak consumption on April 7 also increased by 1.9% compared to April 6.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1051\"> Consequences of bad weather<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1234\"> Due to strong winds and fallen trees on power lines, more than 90 settlements in the Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytskyi, and Kyiv regions were left without power.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1236\" data-end=\"1291\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> Power engineers are working to restore power supply. <\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, April 8, Ukraine imposed power supply restrictions due to the consequences of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure and increased consumption. Ukrenergo reported this. Consequences of the shelling As a result of drone and artillery attacks, consumers in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Sumy regions remain without power. 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