The satellite city of the Khmelnytsky NPP -

Netishyn

- was completely without electricity on Saturday, November 19.

Only critical infrastructure is connected to the network.

This was reported in the press service of the city council. 

"There has been an emergency shutdown for an indefinite period in the entire city," the message says. 

It is noted that there was an emergency power outage due to an overload of the power grid.

Light is supplied only to the critical infrastructure: the medical unit.

In addition, there is water supply in the city.

By the way, the city was already without electricity and water due to missile strikes by the Russian army on October 22.

By the way, about 40,000 people live in Netishyn. 

We will remind, the chairman of the board of "Ukrenergo" Volodymyr Kudrytsky warned that Ukrainians should 

prepare for the worst

.

According to him, power outages can be very long.

In turn, energy market analyst Maksym Bilyavskyi says that

in Ukraine they may start turning off electricity for 8 hours at a time

.

This situation can last a week or more.

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