Denys Shmyhal

Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's Energy Minister, confirmed that the outages were caused by a technical malfunction affecting power lines between Ukraine and Moldova, leading to a cascading outage in Ukraine's power grid. He also stated that power was restored to all regions of Ukraine===Kyiv by Saturday evening.

Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's Energy Minister, confirmed that two thermal power stations in Ukraine's western regions and core elements of the electricity distribution system were hit. He stated that energy workers are ready for repairs once security allows and requested emergency power imports from Poland.

Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's Energy Minister, stated that Russia's attack deliberately left hundreds of thousands of families without heat during severe winter frosts, highlighting the humanitarian impact of the strikes.

Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's energy minister, described the latest Russian attack on energy infrastructure as another 'massive attack' on critical infrastructure, targeting electricity production and distribution facilities.