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2022-11-25T11:02:46.202Z


The race to restore power to Ukrainian homes is being slowed by "strong winds, rain and sub-zero temperatures," the national power utility Ukrenergo warned on Friday.


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Efforts to restore electricity to Ukrainian homes are slowed by wind, rain and frost

By Jo Shelley

People cross a dark street in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 24, after Russian airstrikes caused power outages.

(Photo: Kyodo News/Getty Images)

The race to restore electricity to homes in Ukraine is being slowed down by "strong winds, rain and sub-zero temperatures," the national energy supply company Ukrenergo warned on Friday.

"The pace of restoration [to domestic consumers] is slowed down by difficult weather conditions: due to strong winds, rain and sub-zero temperatures at night, ice and gusts of wind in the distribution networks are add to the damage caused by the Russian missiles," he said, adding that repair crews were "working tirelessly to repair the damage."

"More than 70% of the country's consumption needs" were already covered, the statement said, and power has been restored in "critical infrastructure facilities in all regions: boilers, gas distribution stations, water services , wastewater treatment plants".

However, it is claimed that there is still an electricity deficit in the system, so consumers will lose access to electricity at certain times according to "planned and emergency consumption restriction programs".

"We ask Ukrainians to remember that if there is no light in the house, it means that the repairmen are working at that very moment," said Ukrenergo.

Infrastructures attacked

: Russia's attacks on critical infrastructures on Wednesday caused the temporary closure of most of Ukraine's power plants and left the majority of the population without electricity.

The Ukrainian armed forces said 70 Russian missiles were launched and 51 shot down on Wednesday afternoon, in addition to five attack drones.

Russia has focused its attention on destroying Ukraine's energy infrastructure ahead of the bitter winter season, and successive waves of attacks have left much of the country in blackouts.

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Half of Kyiv still without electricity, according to Ukrainian authorities

Kyiv suffers a blackout on Wednesday after a Russian missile attack hit power infrastructure.

(Photo: Sergei Chuzavkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)

About 50% of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, found itself without power as of Friday morning following Russian attacks on critical infrastructure that caused widespread power outages, according to Ukrainian authorities.

The Kyiv city military administration said on Telegram that water has been fully restored and emergency teams are working quickly to restore heat to the city.

He added that "as soon as the power system stabilizes, communication will appear in all Kyiv districts," after power outages affected mobile networks.

Russian attacks on critical infrastructure on Wednesday caused the temporary shutdown of most of Ukraine's power plants and left the majority of the population without electricity.

The Ukrainian armed forces said 70 Russian missiles were launched and 51 shot down on Wednesday afternoon, in addition to five attack drones.

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Russian shelling is reported near the Ukrainian cities of Zaporizhia and Nikopol

By Josh Pennington, Alex Stambaugh

Russia attacked the outskirts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia overnight on Friday, Oleksandr Starukh, head of the local regional military administration, said on Telegram.

"Details of the incident are being investigated. Take care of yourselves," he wrote.

The Dnipropetrovsk region, across the river from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, also reported shelling.

"During the night, they bombarded Marhanets and Nikopol with 'Grad' rockets and heavy artillery. At least 70 Russian shells fell on cities and towns," the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Valentyn Reznichenko, wrote on Telegram on Friday.

He stated that there are no victims, but that the details of the bombing are still being clarified.

Some context

: The attacks come after a barrage of Russian missiles targeted critical infrastructure in Ukraine on Wednesday, causing a "blackout" in the country's electrical system, its energy minister told national television earlier. .

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Thursday that he was providing on-site support to four other nuclear plants in Ukraine after power outages took them off the grid.

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Hungary will ratify the NATO membership of Finland and Sweden, according to Prime Minister Orban

By Mohammed Tawfeeq

The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán.

(Photo: Michael Gruber/Getty Images)

Hungary's parliament will ratify Sweden's and Finland's NATO membership in its first session of 2023, the country's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday, ending weeks of speculation he would further delay the move.

Orban made the announcement in the Slovak city of Kosice after a meeting with the leaders of the Visegrad Group of Central European nations, known as the V4.

The group includes Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

"Hungary supports Finland and Sweden's NATO membership, and that parliament will also put the issue on its agenda at the first session next year," Orban said.

"The Swedes and the Finns have not lost a single minute because of Hungary so far, and they will not do so in the future, Hungary will certainly provide the necessary support for their accession."

Some background:

Sweden and Finland are set to formally end decades of neutrality and join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in a historic move for the alliance that deals a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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While NATO's 30 members formally invited Sweden and Finland to join the alliance after approving their applications in the summer, Turkey and Hungary have yet to ratify the accession protocol.

Orban, an authoritarian and longtime Russian ally, won a fourth consecutive term in power in April after a landslide electoral victory that he trumpeted as a rebuke to liberalism, the European Union and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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UN watchdog supports four more Ukrainian nuclear power plants after their closure

By Mohammed Tawfee

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has begun providing on-site support to four more nuclear plants in Ukraine in response to a request from the country, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a video statement on Thursday.

The four additional plants are Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, South Ukraine and Chornobyl.

Since September, IAEA experts have been providing on-site support to Zaporizhia, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, occupied by Russian forces.

Following Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, the operating nuclear power plants in Zaporizhia, Rivne, South Ukraine and Khmelnytskyi were disconnected from the grid and "were forced to rely on standby diesel generators for the electricity they needed to ensure their safety and security," Grossi said.

"This unprecedented situation would have been unimaginable just a few months ago. It is deeply worrying," he said.

"We must do everything possible to prevent a nuclear accident at any of these nuclear facilities, which would only add to the terrible suffering we are already witnessing in Ukraine. The time to act is now."

Some context

: Wednesday marked the first time Ukraine's four operating nuclear power plants had shut down simultaneously in 40 years, the head of state-owned nuclear power company Energoatom said in a statement.

Petro Kotin said that this was a precautionary measure and that he hoped they would reconnect Thursday night.

The three fully operational plants in Ukrainian hands will help supply electricity to the national grid, he said.

Ukraine is highly dependent on nuclear power, according to the World Nuclear Association.

It has 15 reactors in four plants that, before the Russian invasion in February, generated about half of its electricity.

Russia has dedicated itself to destroying Ukraine's energy infrastructure in the run-up to the bitter winter season, and successive waves of attacks have left much of the country in blackouts.

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Source: cnnespanol

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