Editor’s note: This article has been updated with a Ukrenergo statement. The southern city Kherson, which is the head of the city’s military administrative, lost all electricity on October. 16. The city was cut off, according to preliminary information. Mrochko, who posted on Telegram, said that the reasons were being investigated. The same morning, power outages in Mykolaiv Oblast (which is adjacent to Kherson Oblast) were reported. “Many people are without electricity. We found the source. No strike was called. We will fix it within a few hours if we don’t get any more surprises,” said Vitalii Kim.Ukraine’s state-owned company Ukrenergo later in the day said that the outages had been caused by “technical” reasons that were not specified and that repairs are underway. The energy supply will resume “within a few hours”. The energy supply should resume “within hours.” While officials have not linked the recent blackouts to Russian strikes, cities across Ukraine experienced regular blackouts due to attacks against the power grid during the full scale war. Russia launched over 130 Shahed drones against Ukraine on October 16, along with missiles and other weapons. Both Mykolaiv oblast and Kherson oblast suffered attacks.Kyiv warned recently that Russia will likely resume its attacks on the power grid during the coming autumn and winter, similar to the strategy used in the autumn-winter of 2022–2023 as well as this year’s Spring.
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