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Kyiv rolling blackouts ordered, DTEK says
Ukraine's national grid operator has ordered scheduled rolling blackouts in Kyiv, private energy company DTEK said Tuesday, after recent Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
DTEK said on Telegram that the capital was switching to “scheduled stabilisation power outages” on an order from NPC Ukrenergo. It did not say how many people would be affected or how long the outages would last.
The order follows earlier emergency power outages in Kyiv after Russian drone and missile strikes damaged power infrastructure in and around the capital. Ukrainian officials said those strikes killed at least seven people, including at least four in and around Kyiv, and Russia's defence ministry said it targeted power infrastructure in Kyiv and the surrounding region.
Ukraine's nuclear regulator also said a Russian drone struck the grounds of the Institute for Nuclear Research in Kyiv on September 30, causing a fire but leaving its research reactor undamaged. The regulator said no one was injured and the reactor has been shut down since 2022.
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DTEK said Ukraine's national grid operator ordered scheduled rolling blackouts in Kyiv.
DTEK said the capital was switching to scheduled stabilisation power outages after recent Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.
Source note: AFP news report published on 6 October 2026 at 13:00:22 UTC.
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Ukraine's nuclear safety regulator said a Russian drone struck the grounds of the Institute for Nuclear Research in Kyiv on September 30.
The regulator said a resulting fire was quickly extinguished, no one was injured and the Kyiv Research Reactor was undamaged.
The regulator said the reactor has been shut down since 2022.
Source note: AFP news report published on 1 October 2026 at 11:42:14 UTC.
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DTEK later said emergency power outages had been implemented in Kyiv, without giving the number of people affected.
Source note: AFP news report published on 30 September 2026 at 15:47:38 UTC.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said three other people were killed across Ukraine outside the Kyiv deaths.
Zelensky visited frontline troops and commanders coordinating Ukraine's response in the east.
Source note: AFP news report published on 30 September 2026 at 14:17:42 UTC.
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PJSC Centrenergo's chief executive said generating equipment was damaged at the Trypillia thermal power plant near Kyiv.
Ukraine's weather service said the first overnight frosts were due in many parts of the country from Thursday.
Prime Minister Sergiy Koretsky said the attack was the first large-scale combined attack since the end of the last heating season and called for checks of backup power systems at critical facilities.
Source note: AFP news report published on 30 September 2026 at 12:35:03 UTC.
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Ukrainian authorities said the death toll in and around Kyiv rose to four.
Emergency services said a child was found dead under rubble in the wider Kyiv region.
DTEK said Kyiv's power grid was damaged and supplies were affected.
DTEK said electricity was restored to 8,000 households.
Russia's defence ministry said it conducted a massive missile and drone strike on Kyiv and the surrounding region targeting power infrastructure.
Source note: AFP news report published on 30 September 2026 at 08:14:59 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
DTEK did not give the number of people affected by the scheduled outages.
The supplied material does not say how long the rolling blackouts will last.
The latest item links the order generally to recent attacks but does not specify the exact damage that prompted the order.
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AFP news report published on .