Power on 19 October: outage schedules in several regions; 19,000 customers cut off in Ternopil region

What applies today

On Monday, 19 October, hourly power outage schedules apply to all categories of consumers in several Ukrainian regions, grid operator Ukrenergo said. The volume of restrictions is one to two queues. Businesses and industry face capacity-limitation schedules. According to TSN, both apply from 06:00 to 23:59.

Ukrenergo explains that the measures are a consequence of massive Russian strikes on energy facilities. New attacks could change the situation, so current schedules are published by regional distribution operators (oblenergos) on their official pages.

Which regions

TSN compiled the oblenergos’ information for Monday:

• Sumy region — hourly outages according to Ukrenergo’s volumes; durations vary widely between subgroups, from 2 to 8 hours, and one subgroup will not be cut off.
• Cherkasy region — most subgroups will be without power for 6 hours a day, two subgroups for 4 hours.
• Kharkiv region — outages lasting 3.5 to 5.5 hours.
• Poltava region — one queue from 06:00 to 08:00, 1.5 queues from 08:00 to 10:00, two queues from 10:00 to 22:00 and one queue again from 22:00 to 23:59.

Check your queue and exact hours on your oblenergo’s website or chatbot.

Ternopil region after the strikes

Taras Pastukh, head of the Ternopil Regional Military Administration, said the region had come under drone strikes over recent days. A large enterprise in Chortkiv and several energy facilities in Kremenets district were hit. As a result, almost 19,000 customers in 89 settlements lost power.

By Sunday evening the fires had been put out and power engineers were restoring the networks. “We expect to restore electricity to most of the affected settlements by the end of the day. Resilience points have been set up in Kremenets, where residents of the town and surrounding area can get basic help,” Pastukh said.

The wider picture

On the same day, 18 October, Russian forces attacked critical infrastructure in Vinnytsia region, and residents were asked to cut consumption. On 17 October, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia carried out one of its largest strikes on the energy sector, attacking more than 15 important generation and transmission facilities in different regions.

Getting through the outages

• use electricity sparingly during the hours when it is supplied, as Ukrenergo asks;
• do not switch on several powerful appliances (water heater, electric stove, heater) at once right after power returns;
• charge power banks, torches and phones in advance;
• keep a supply of drinking water if your building depends on electric pumps;
• find out where your nearest resilience point is.

Why it matters

Winter and the heating season are approaching, and Russia is deliberately targeting generation and grids. The more energy facilities are damaged now, the harder the winter may be. That is why Kyiv is pressing partners for more air defence to protect the energy system, and why the question of an “energy ceasefire” remains at the centre of negotiations.

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How Russia keeps its promise not to hit energy: Sybiha: Russia attacked energy facilities 76 times after the energy truce. On the overnight strike on the capital: Ballistic strike on Kyiv.