The power supply situation in Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk region remains difficult following Russian strikes. Repair crews are working to restore electricity, but renewed attacks and air raid alerts are complicating their efforts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in his evening address on November 15.
“Throughout today, special attention has been focused on our Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk region: the situation there is very difficult after the Russian strikes. There have been many power outages, and restoration work is ongoing. Electricity is already being restored in some areas, but there is still a significant amount of work ahead,” the president said.
He thanked repair crews, energy workers and everyone involved in restoring electricity supplies.
“I want to thank every repair crew, all our energy workers, and everyone who is helping. There are constant new air raid alerts and new strikes. This makes restoration significantly more difficult. But all the necessary forces have been deployed, the equipment is available, and there must be results,” Zelenskyy stressed.
According to the president, Russia is employing a tactic of concentrating attacks on individual regions, targeting the energy infrastructure of a single region for several consecutive days.
“The Russians operate by selecting one region as a specific target and concentrating their strikes on that region for several days — targeting everything, the power grids, the substations,” he explained.
Zelenskyy also provided figures on the number of strikes that hit the regions most affected by Russian attacks since the beginning of September.
“Since the beginning of September, the largest number of strikes and hits has been recorded in Dnipropetrovsk region: 131 hits. One hundred and twenty-five in Kyiv region. More than a hundred hits in Zhytomyr and Sumy regions. Accordingly, these are the areas where energy workers, municipal services, and Ukraine’s State Emergency Service face the greatest workload,” the president said.
He emphasized that the immediate priority is to ensure that people receive assistance and that electricity supplies return to stable and predictable outage schedules.
“It is important that people receive assistance and that electricity supplies return to predictable schedules, of course. This is not easy, nevertheless,” Zelenskyy said.
The president also announced an agreement with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on additional emergency support for Ukraine’s energy sector.
“This week, the European Commission made a decision: we agreed with Ursula von der Leyen that Ukraine would receive additional emergency energy assistance. Specifically for those cities and communities that are currently facing the greatest difficulties. Additional generators, other equipment, and, of course, financial support to strengthen resilience. I want to express my gratitude for this,” the president said.
On November 9, Zelenskyy announced an agreement with the European Commission president on a special mechanism for emergency energy assistance to Ukraine. It is intended to support communities affected by Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.
