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Ukraine has released at least 800 MW of electrical capacity following a review of critical infrastructure facilities.
According to RBC-Ukraine, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced the update on Telegram after a meeting with regional military-civil administrations. She explained that the revision will reduce the duration of planned power outages for households and industries. The government’s decision aimed to update the actual lists of critical infrastructure.
Two categories of consumers were removed from the lists: facilities with a capacity under 100 kW and those connected to other consumers who should fall under general restrictions to ensure fair electricity distribution. Non-critical auxiliary consumers will now follow hourly outage schedules under the general regime.
Svyrydenko emphasized that the review does not affect key hospitals, life-support facilities, or defense-industrial enterprises. Oversight of implementation at the local level has been assigned to the Ministry of Energy in coordination with the State Energy Supervision Service.
Energy situation in Ukraine
Earlier, the Prime Minister said the government is seeking ways to reduce energy restrictions. Revising the list of critical infrastructure was intended to shorten outages for priority facilities.
However, on the night of December 13, Russia carried out a missile and drone attack targeting generation, distribution, and transmission facilities in multiple Ukrainian regions, including Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Odesa, and Mykolaiv.
RBC-Ukraine, citing DTEK, explained the difference between controlled outages and blackouts: the former are managed measures and do not indicate a full collapse of the energy system, while the latter involve complete system failure and prolonged recovery.
Vitaliy Zaychenko, head of Ukrenergo, noted that the most challenging electricity supply conditions are currently in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Odesa regions, which regularly experience attacks on energy infrastructure.
Ukrenergo also reported that the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk Oblast remains in a complete blackout following Russian strikes.
