President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting on restoring communications and energy supply damaged as a result of Russian missile attacks on Monday morning.
The Head of State heard the report by Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko on the damage caused to the Ukrainian infrastructure by air attacks of the Russian Federation.
Herman Halushchenko informed about the measures being taken to restore the electricity supply and the time necessary for the repair. He noted that in the vast majority of affected regions of Ukraine, light will appear by the end of the day.
At the same time, the meeting participants emphasized the importance of temporarily reducing electricity consumption during the hours of peak load on the networks - from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
In order to reduce the load on the power system and reduce the need for emergency blackouts, citizens are urged not to use the most energy-consuming appliances during the specified time, namely: electric heaters, boilers, electric stoves, microwave ovens, washing machines and dishwashers, electric kettles, coffee makers, irons, etc. If necessary, it is better to use these devices in the afternoon.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine accepts requests from local communities regarding the organization of powering important objects with the help of diesel generators.
According to the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the infrastructure ensuring mobile communications was not affected. However, interruptions due to lack of power supply were observed in some areas.
Hence, the state should facilitate the provision of mobile network operators with fuel for generators and, if possible, provide access to Starlink stations.