Missile hits were recorded in the regions of Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk – a total of 18 objects in 10 regions.
Russia again chose Monday to attack Ukrainian infrastructure. Multiple explosions rumbled in Kyiv, rocket hits were recorded in Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovograd regions. In many places the work of air defense was heard. In total, 8 infrastructure facilities in 10 regions of Ukraine were affected. After that, Ukrenergo was forced to initiate emergency power outages for industrial and domestic consumers across Ukraine.
Difficult to restore
“Currently, consumer restrictions are necessary to reduce the load on the networks and prevent repeated accidents after the destruction of the Russian shelling infrastructure. Such measures allow the companies of energy to quickly restore damaged facilities and keep the system balanced,” Ukrenergo explained.
Repair crews work around the clock. At the same time, there are problems with the restoration of energy facilities. DTEK is running out of equipment for restoring the energy system, said Dmitry Sakharuk, Executive Director of DTEK.
He said, the problem is that the cost of equipment has increased significantly. In addition, it takes time to buy it.
“Unfortunately, we have exhausted the stock of equipment we have in our warehouses after the first two waves of attacks took place. We have purchased some equipment. Unfortunately, the cost of the equipment is now measured in hundreds of millions of dollars, and there are already some difficulties in buying this equipment, because it is very expensive. Now we are working on how to buy it or receive it from our partners, if they have the opportunity to transfer it for free. But it is clear that this is a problem, because it requires a lot of money and, unfortunately, time,” said Sakharuk.
“Now, in connection with rocket attacks on energy infrastructure, we will need spare parts for our energy facilities,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a joint speech with the Prime Minister of Czech Petr Fiala on October 31 in Kyiv.
The prime minister noted that he would ask the energy ministers of the two countries to discuss the possibility of providing Ukraine with the appropriate standard of electrical equipment, transformers, and distribution equipment.
The mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko said that the situation with electricity in the capital will stabilize at 21.00-22.00.
“Power engineers plan to stabilize the situation with electricity around 9-10 pm.
But, even with the return of power supplies, closures will apply. Because the situation is difficult,” Klitschko insisted.
Today there are 270,000 apartments in the capital without electricity. And 40% of consumers in the capital do not have water.
The water supply to the left bank of Kyiv has been restored. Work continues to restore the water supply to the right side of the capital.
Communication problems
In Kyiv, as a result of Russia’s shelling on Monday, October 31, 450 base stations of mobile operators were left without electricity, said Stanislav Pribiko, director of the mobile Internet department of the Ministry of Digital Transformation.
“This means that during the day there will be disruptions in mobile communication. In some areas of the city there will be almost no communication,” the official wrote.
He added that repair crews are already working to restore the damaged power plants. In particular, the connection was completely lost in Obolon in Kyiv.
Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said plans to create public Wi-Fi points in Ukraine in case of blackouts, which will work on Tesla Powerwall batteries and Starlink terminals. The first of them should start working in November.
Terrorism
Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov called on the world to recognize Russia as a terrorist state as it continues to attack Ukrainian civilian infrastructure with missiles and drones.
“They are not ashamed of being a de facto terrorist state. It’s time for the world to give them proper legal status and treat Russia accordingly, as Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and PACE have done,” Reznikov said on his Twitter page.
Source: korrespondent
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