The key facts
- On October 21, all nine districts of Donetsk were partially left without power — according to mayor Alexey Kulemzin
- Work to restore electricity is already underway
- On October 19, all nine districts were also cut off; on October 17, more than 39 thousand subscribers were left without power
Partial blackout in Donetsk
According to Donetsk mayor Alexey Kulemzin, citing Donetskenergo, as of the morning of October 21, all nine districts of the city were partially left without power: Voroshilovsky, Kievsky, Kalininsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky, Kirovsky, Leninsky, Budennovsky and Proletarsky. The mayor added that work to restore electricity to the population is already underway.
Previous outages
A similar situation, according to Kulemzin, occurred on October 19 — then, too, all nine districts of Donetsk were left without power. On October 17, the mayor reported that more than 39 thousand subscribers were left without electricity: in the Voroshilovsky, Kalininsky and Kievsky districts, 149 transformer substations were automatically shut off, and in the Kirovsky, Petrovsky and Kievsky districts — 133 substations.
Context
Earlier, as the outlet notes, more than 20 municipalities in the LNR were left without electricity.
