View of Kyiv. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 20Power outages in Kyiv and the Kyiv region began after 23:00 on October 19, the Ukrainian energy holding DTEK reports on social networks. On Wednesday evening, the deputy head of Volodymyr Zelensky's office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, noted that the restriction of electricity supplies is being introduced throughout Ukraine on Thursday. The official urged residents of all regions to minimize the use of electricity from 7.00 to 23.00, warning that otherwise temporary outages cannot be avoided. Later, the national energy company «Ukrenergo» on its page on the social network came up with clarifications on the procedure for shutdowns. According to the company, the shutdowns will not be simultaneous, but will take place in a «fan» mode and will last no more than four hours.In Kyiv, they announced serious damage to the energy infrastructure of Ukraine social networks, a division of the energy holding in the region. According to power engineers, it is planned to turn off electricity for no more than four hours at different times, blackouts may be repeated during the day. behind which, according to the Russian authorities, are the Ukrainian special services.As Russian President Vladimir Putin stated, the explosion on the bridge Kyiv put itself on a par with the most odious terrorist groups, and «it is simply impossible to leave crimes of this kind unanswered.» energy, defense, military command and communications facilities throughout the country, about from Kharkiv and Kyiv to Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk, causing large-scale power outages.
