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As of February 2, as a result of attacks carried out by Russia, electricity has been cut off for consumers in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions.
At a briefing, Nekrasov noted that restoration work at damaged facilities is ongoing, and measures are being taken to ensure the stable functioning of the energy system.
Additionally, on February 1, Russian troops attacked energy sector workers in the Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result of a drone strike, a service bus of one of the energy companies near the "Ternovskaya" mine in the Pavlograd district was hit, leading to the deaths of 16 miners and injuries to 14 others.
Due to the critical situation in the energy system, Ukrainian authorities are forced to resort to emergency power outages. A representative of the Ministry of Energy added that after the situation normalizes, consumers will be able to return to their previously planned schedules.
According to the official, more than 160 settlements in the Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kirovohrad regions also remain without electricity due to adverse weather conditions.
On January 29, U.S. President Donald Trump reported that he had asked Vladimir Putin not to shell Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities for a week due to severe frosts. Later, the Kremlin confirmed that Trump indeed made such a request to create conditions for negotiations. Ukrainian authorities noted that during this period, at least since January 29, Russian troops temporarily ceased attacks on energy infrastructure but continued shelling civilian objects.
A new round of negotiations between Moscow, Kyiv, and Washington was expected to take place on February 1 in Abu Dhabi. However, on the eve of the meeting, Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the trilateral talks had been postponed to February 4 and 5.
