The key facts
- 276,008 subscribers in Donetsk were left without electricity; 1,890 substations were taken out of operation
- The outage also affected Mariupol, the Novoazovsky and Volodarsky districts of the DPR
- Timelines for full restoration of power supply have not yet been announced
Donetsk left without power: scale of the outage
A large-scale power outage on the evening of November 1 affected all districts of Donetsk. According to Life.ru, citing the head of the city district Alexei Kulemzin,276,008 subscribers were left without power supply. According to the Donetskenergo enterprise, 1,890 transformer substations that supply electricity to residential buildings and other facilities have been temporarily taken out of operation; disruptions were recorded in several parts of the city at once.
The outage spread beyond the city
The outage was not limited to Donetsk: earlier the same outlet reported that Mariupol, the Novoazovsky and Volodarsky municipal districts of the DPRas well as individual settlements of the Telmanovsky district were left without electricity. The cause of the disruptions was named as an emergency situation in the regional power system. The republic's Ministry of Energy explained that electricity would be restored to consumers as faults are fixed and technical capability becomes available.
What is known about the restoration
Specialists from power services have begun restoring electricity supply, with work proceeding in stages. Exact timelines for restoring power to all consumers have not yet been announced — neither city authorities nor the republic's Ministry of Energy have named them. Thus, at the time of publication it remains unknown when the power supply will be fully restored and what exactly caused the emergency in the regional power system: the reports only cite an emergency situation as the cause of the disruptions.
