MOSCOW, Jan 25 Power shortage in the energy system has increased in Ukraine , said the national company Ukrenergo in its Telegram channel.
«Electricity consumption: increases due to cooling. Accordingly, the power shortage also increases to a significant extent,» the statement says.
Daily consumption limits have been brought to all regional energy supply companies, Ukrenergo added.
The day before, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said that the state of the country's energy system remains difficult, but manageable. According to him, the situation is aggravated by the loss of part of the generating capacity.
Last weekend, new energy consumption limits were introduced for Kyiv, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk regions. This will make it possible to apply stabilization shutdown schedules around the clock in other regions, the energy company DTEK specified.
Since October 10, the Russian army has been launching missile attacks on energy, defense industry, military command and communications facilities throughout Ukraine. This was a response to the terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime on the Crimean bridge and other attacks on civilian targets in Russia.
Residents face many hours of emergency power outages and heating. As President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said at the end of last year, now there is no way to fully restore the country's energy system.