Ukraine receiving emergency aid from EU energy systems for 8th day in a row

On Wednesday, May 15, at the request of Ukraine, an emergency supply of electricity was carried out from Poland, Romania and Slovakia, while the involvement of emergency aid is expected during the day.

This was announced by the Ministry of Energy, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

Last day, the needs of consumers were covered by own generation, commercial imports and emergency assistance from the power systems of Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

Also, on May 14, during daylight hours, Ukraine provided emergency assistance to Poland - it received surplus electricity from the country's power system.

"Today, power restrictions for industry will be applied throughout the day. Emergency power outages were introduced in all regions of Ukraine yesterday evening. The reason is a significant shortage of power in the power system after the russian attacks, as well as an increase in electricity consumption due to the cold weather. This morning, emergency power outages were applied due to the shortage," the message says.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on May 14, from 09:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., Ukrenergo introduced controlled emergency power outages for industrial and household consumers in all regions of Ukraine.

The reason for this was the significant shortage of electricity in the system as a result of russian shelling and the increase in consumption due to the cold weather.