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Briefing by First Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Artem Nekrasov on the Operational Situation in the Power System as of 27 February

27 February 2026, 11:10

- Due to hostilities and shelling of energy infrastructure, a number of communities in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions remain temporarily without electricity supply.

- Where the security situation permits, repair crews are already carrying out restoration works. Power engineers return to the sites immediately after air raid alerts are lifted and are making every effort to restore electricity to homes, hospitals, schools, and enterprises as quickly as possible.

- Today, hourly outage schedules are being enforced in most regions, while capacity limitation schedules apply to industrial consumers. Emergency outages have been introduced in certain regions.

More details on the situation in the power system are available in the briefing by First Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Artem Nekrasov.