Power outages may return to Ukraine during heat waves — expert
Power outages may return to Ukraine if temperatures exceed 35°C, even without new Russian attacks on the power grid.
This was stated by Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Center for Energy Research.
According to him, in such a case, the restrictions could last up to four hours a day, but they would not be catastrophic, particularly thanks to the return of some nuclear power plant units from scheduled maintenance.
Kharchenko added that in Kyiv, Odesa, and Kryvyi Rih, the situation during extreme heat may be more challenging than the national average.
In the Sumy region, power outages have been reported due to Russian military aggression. On the morning of Tuesday, May 26, part of the region was left without electricity. Energy workers are working to restore power, and the causes and extent of the damage are being determined.
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