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  • Situation in energy system: no hits recorded on energy infrastructure facilities after massive overnight strike
    Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, posted 16 May 2023 11:00

    During the night, the enemy launched another massive missile and drone attack across the country. The air defence forces were successful, no hits on energy infrastructure facilities were recorded.

    At the same time, the terror in the frontline areas continues. In Donetsk region, the enemy launched an artillery attack on one of the power generation facilities. During the inspection of the area, explosive debris was found near a fuel storage depot. There were no personnel casualties. The shelling damaged a main power line.

    Some consumers in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions are cut off.

    More than 18,000 consumers in Dnipropetrovsk region were cut off overnight due to technical faults. All customers in the region now have electricity.

    Power engineers are continuing to restore power supply where the security situation allows.

    In total, more than 31,000 customers have had their electricity restored over the past day.

    The power system is operating stably. No consumption limits have been imposed on distribution system operators. Electricity exports to Poland and Moldova continue. Generation is fully covering consumption.