Following a series of Russian missile and drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city with 1.3 million residents, approximately 200,000 households have been left without electricity. The attacks, which occurred last week, have caused a critical electricity outage affecting 60% of Kharkiv's households, severely disrupting transportation and forcing emergency services to use speakerphones for air raid alerts. The city's power system has been severely damaged, with all generation facilities and transformers being impacted. Local authorities have introduced scheduled power restrictions for the affected consumers and admitted that Kharkiv faces the most challenging situation regarding electricity supply in Ukraine. Mayor Ihor Terekhov stated that the thermal power plant, all substations, as well as the heating and power center, have been destroyed, leaving the city in a blackout with no electricity, heating, or water supply. The heating season in Kharkiv has been prematurely ended to reduce the load on the damaged power grids. Repair crews are working on restoration, but there is no clear timeline for when power will be fully restored, with some estimates suggesting it could take several months to years.
Ukrainian media publish photographs of Kharkov without power After Russian attacks on the region's energy infrastructure, many areas of the city were left without electricity. https://t.co/Jb2svJv6Zl
Blackout this night in #Kharkiv Several hundred thousand people are now without electricity in the city. https://t.co/jYQYZMdiUt
🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ Kharkiv in darkness, after the strikes at one of the largest thermal power plant was disrupted Local resources publish photographs of an almost complete blackout in the city, and report that the restoration of CHPP-5 will take years. https://t.co/vckTE4Gs1k
🇺🇦Almost 200,000 people are without electricity in Kharkov The largest CHP plant was destroyed in the city. Energy will not be restored for more than one month. And even years. Russia decided to "cut the electricity" after Ukraine started targeting civilians in Belgorod.… https://t.co/TdaFM0hncY
Electricity is cut off throughout Kharkov. Repairs to the damaged CHPP-5 power plant are expected to take several months and there are fears that it will not be completed until after the war. https://t.co/uUPJIoFC1r
Good Lord! 👀 🔴 A rocket strike has obliterated the largest power plant in Kharkiv region, and its restoration will take years, according to the press service of PJSC "Kharkiv TPP-5". Restoring the station will require the manufacturing of exclusive equipment for the power… https://t.co/KSK3ALaK9g
Kharkiv in darkness: hundreds of thousands of people in Ukraine’s second city remain without power following last week’s targeted Russian bombardment of civilian energy infrastructure https://t.co/itkOYiYyWY
Second largest combined heat and power plant in all of Ukraine in Kharkov has been destroyed 3 days ago. It was announced by the director today. To repair it is basically the same as building a new one from scratch.
⚡Russian attacks force Kharkiv to end city heating season early. https://t.co/SEGpocmOMb
❗️#Kharkiv authorities reported that they are forced to prematurely end the heating season to reduce the load on the power grids following the massive Russian attack, stated the Mayor Ihor Terekhov. Russia has "virtually destroyed" key energy facilities supplying the city.
News from #Kharkiv: Following the #Russian attack on the city last Friday, the main energy facilities powering Kharkiv were destroyed. Utility workers, along with power engineers, are actively addressing the aftermath of the extensive Russian attack to restore utility…
Kharkiv, the second-largest city of #Ukraine, is in blackout with no electricity, heating and water supply because #Russian missiles and kamikaze drones destroyed the city's energy system completely during a massive aerial assault earlier this week. https://t.co/8ycoacdZ5p
🇺🇦🇷🇺🚨‼️ Has Russia started a de-energization campaign? The Kharkov administration complains that as a result of the latest attacks in the city, ALL substations have been destroyed. “There is no answer to the question of how long the restoration work will take. Repair teams… https://t.co/D0sGEbV76Q
Only a spotlight works in Kharkov. all transformer substations are damaged and the thermal power plant is destroyed. https://t.co/zdctbzYdLp
😨 Thermal power plant and all transformer substations in Kharkiv destroyed https://t.co/irlk9zUIxz
⚡️Mayor: Russian attacks destroy thermal power plant, all substations in Kharkiv. Russian missile and drone attacks have destroyed a thermal power plant and all the electrical substations in Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov told national television on March 24. He also said that…
In Kharkiv, all substations, as well as the heating and power center are destroyed, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said on the air of the telethon. "There is no answer to the question of how long the restoration work will go on, there is no answer. Repair crews are working, but… https://t.co/JHXbjqDtm8
Kharkov mayor says the damage to electrical infrastructure in the oblasts is massive. All generation and transformers have been damaged.
Kharkov mayor says the damage to electrical infrastructure in the region is total. All generation and transformers have been damaged.
There are still power outages in Kharkov Local authorities admit that the city and region, compared to the rest of Ukraine, have the most difficult situation with electricity supply. Hourly light switching schedules have been introduced for 200 thousand Kharkov subscribers. The…
🪫 Scheduled power restrictions introduced in Kharkiv for 200,000 consumers https://t.co/xr3FfFvqCa
Kharkiv is facing critical electricity outage affecting 60% of households. Transportation is disrupted, emergency services resort to speakerphones for air raid alerts. With 1.3 million residents, damage to power system is severe. https://t.co/wiTPa1fKeI
In #Kharkiv, east #Ukraine, some 200,000 households are left without electricity following UAV and missile attacks by #Russia on energy infrastructure: https://t.co/nXJqQmiZTL