On Thursday, September 24, 2026, localized power supply disruptions have been recorded in several regions of Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Energy, some consumers remain without electricity in Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv oblasts. The cause of the outages is the ongoing hostilities and shelling of energy infrastructure facilities. In areas where the security situation permits, emergency repair crews have already begun work to restore electricity supply.

Nighttime Combined Strike: 282 Drones and Ballistic Missiles

The direct precursor to the morning outages was a combined strike carried out by Russia during the night of September 24. According to available data, the adversary employed anti-ship and ballistic missiles, as well as 282 strike unmanned aerial vehicles. Ukraine's air defense forces reported that the majority of aerial targets were destroyed before reaching their objectives. Nevertheless, the consequences of the attack — damage to elements of the power grid and substations — led to localized outages in several regions, particularly in the east and south of the country.

Severe Weather Worsened the Situation: Over 600 Settlements Without Electricity

In addition to the aftermath of the shelling, severe weather significantly affected power supply. As of the morning of September 24, more than 600 settlements remained without electricity. The geography of weather-related outages covers Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Cherkasy, and Chernihiv oblasts. In these regions, unlike the active combat zones, the cause of the transmission line breaks was mechanical damage to the networks caused by strong winds and precipitation.

No Power Supply Restrictions Forecast for Today

The Ministry of Energy officially stated that the introduction of planned power supply restrictions (so-called "scheduled outages") is not forecast for September 24. This means that the power system as a whole remains stable, and the current disruptions are of a localized nature, linked to specific damage or weather factors. In the event of any change in the situation, consumers are advised to monitor the latest information on the official resources of the electricity distribution system operators.

Call for Economical Consumption in the Evening Period

Despite the absence of a forecast for scheduled outages, Ukrainians are being called upon to reduce the load on the power system as much as possible during the evening peak period. The recommendation concerns the economical use of electricity in the interval from 10:00 to 22:00. Under conditions where part of the infrastructure has been damaged as a result of the nighttime strike and severe weather, reducing peak load helps avoid cascading outages and speeds up the restoration of damaged sections of the networks.

Contradictory Data

No significant discrepancies in figures or chronology were identified in the provided sources. The Ministry of Energy and RBC-Ukraine agree on the list of affected oblasts and the absence of a forecast for scheduled outages. The only nuance: the introductory part of the message refers to "a number of oblasts," while the details provide a list of eight regions for each of the two factors (shelling and severe weather). This is not a contradiction but reflects the difference between a generalized formulation and a specific list. The data on the number of drones (282) is presented as a fact of the nighttime attack and does not contradict the rest of the text.