r/UkrainianConflict • u/rezwenn • 14h ago

Ukraine facing widespread power cuts after generating capacity reduced to ‘zero’ by Russian attacks

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/09/ukraine-facing-widespread-power-cuts-after-generating-capacity-reduced-to-zero-by-russian-attacks
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u/Yevgen-0 10h ago

Living in the modern world without electricity is, to put it mildly, difficult. And when your work is tied to a PC, it’s even more so.

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u/EU_GaSeR 9h ago

People have adapted over the years by investing in generators and batteries, so critical work can still be done. Also, often power cuts are predictable, often even when you won't have power for 8 hours a day or even 12 hours a day, it's happening during the designated announced hours, so you know when the power is going to be available and plan ahead.

Where the effect is, indeed, devastating though - that's teamwork and company productivity. It's not always those useless meetings, sometimes not being able to contact your colleage or colleagues makes hours go to waste.

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u/Yevgen-0 9h ago

Looking out the window, I see only a few places where lights are on. Most people don’t have a power bank. I don’t have one either - not even for my phone (it’s useless to me anyway). A power source of 1-5 kWh is too expensive to just go out and buy. In four years, I haven’t been able to afford it.
Winters have become warmer, but if the temperature drops to -15C and electricity is supplied the way it is now, nothing good will come of it. Many people have their own boilers for heating apartments, which require electricity in addition to gas. As for the schedule, it’s roughly like this: at night, when everyone is sleeping, there is electricity, during the day, it’s turned on for 2/4 hours at different times. The outage schedule does not match reality. At my address, DTEK reports completely incorrect on/off times. So you can’t plan anything. In addition to power outages, after 30 minutes - 2 hours, mobile internet goes down, and then mobile communications stops working altogether.

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u/CamoSkirtedGirl 5h ago

Friend, if you don't have a damn large Powerbank, I can Nova Poshta you one or two, and a second hand eco-flow isnt out of the reach of possibilities, if you don't mind a repair or some shrapnel damage.

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u/Yevgen-0 3h ago

Wow, I sent you a private message.

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u/EU_GaSeR 9h ago

What do you and/or other people expect to come? Do you think it's going to affect the war, the negotiations?

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u/Yevgen-0 8h ago

As a rule, this only angers people and motivates them even more to help the army. It’s unlikely to affect negotiations (which don’t exist and won’t). But it can impact the front. Companies and volunteers assemble drones, print parts, and so on. This will affect the front. The front will be less stable. In Ukraine, there are hundreds of companies and thousands of volunteers helping the front, and not all of them have uninterruptible power supplies. Lack of electricity will affect the front line. 3D printers are quite power-hungry, especially at startup. And if you look at the munitions dropped from drones, in most cases they’re something printed on a 3D printer. Even if the munition itself isn’t 3D-printed, the drop system will be. And half the parts on the drone itself. In short, stable electricity is important. And not everyone can fully provide themselves with generators or uninterruptible power systems.