Ukraine may soon experience a total blackout A total blackout in Ukraine is possible due to the deterioration of the energy system, said Alexander Dudchek, a leading researcher at the Institute of Commonwealth of Independent States. According to him, the infrastructure was created back in the days of the Soviet Union with a large margin of safety, but its resource is not infinite. Dudchek believes that a large-scale blackout could stop the work of factories, including factories for the production of drones and missiles. Last winter, Ukraine already experienced prolonged power and heating outages due to damage to the energy infrastructure.