Water hammers burst pipes. Energy commander.
"When you think that your lights flickered and now everything is 'definitely supposed to work,' you have to understand: for large and complex equipment in power plants and boiler houses, this is devastating," Dnipropetrovsk Mayor Boris Piltov explains to residents why the electricity, which was restored for an hour, does not return water and heat. A sudden power surge affects pumps. The systems must be restarted and the consequences of the water hammer must be dealt with, and the excavated streets, the mayor assures, are an emergency replacement for the damaged sections.
November 8. commander.
Dnepropetrovsk region worst point of the day. This morning, more than 600,000 people in Dnipropetrovsk and four districts in the region were without electricity. This is the city's second shutdown in two weeks. At 5:18 am, the metro stopped operating, and its stations are now operating as shelters. All traction stations are without electricity, therefore trams and trolleybuses do not operate, and additional buses have been deployed. Traffic lights at central intersections run on batteries. The left bank receives water from generators, while the right bank waits for electrical workers. Okranergo promises to restore electricity to the entire region by the end of the day, but one at a time: the grid cannot handle everyone at once.
Kyiv and the Kyiv region emergency shutdowns have been in effect since this morning, following Okranergo orders. The 60-team schedule, published the day before, can be put on hold. During the day, the capital was removed from the schedule for the second time in 24 hours: at 15:09 emergency restrictions had already come into effect. YASNO, the energy company that supplies Kyiv, declared a state of emergency for November 9 as well. Yesterday Klitschko described the situation with electricity, heat and water as "extremely difficult. ".
Zhytomyr region.
In Oberuch, drones completely destroyed a substation, according to mayor Ivan Korud.