Енергетичне кільце стискається. Чому Київ ризикує провести зиму без світла?

15.10.2026, 04:55◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

Сподівання на теплу зиму чи неточність російських ударів не допоможуть Києву пройти цю зиму без проблем з електропостачанням. Питання лише в тому, наскільки тривалими будуть відключення та чи вдасться силам ППО і енергетикам не допустити найгіршого сценарію.

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Енергетичне кільце стискається. Чому Київ ризикує провести зиму без світла?

The city has already lost a significant part of its own generation, and substations through which electricity comes from other regions are destroyed by blows. With severe frosts and new hits, the scenario with 20 hours without light no longer looks incredible.

What is the "Kyiv Energy Ring", what are the risks of its damage and what should residents of the capital prepare for?

In a narrow technical sense, the Kyiv Energy Ring is a system of high-voltage power lines and 330 kilovolt (kV) substations that connects the capital with the unified power system of Ukraine and allows transmission of electricity to the city from different directions.

The key element of energy supply is the 750 kV substation "Kyivska", through which electricity from the Rivne and Khmelnytsky nuclear power plants (NPP) can be delivered to the capital.

Details

Given the strategic importance of these objects, they are under continuous shelling by the enemy. The goal is to cut Kyiv off from theunited energy system of Ukraine and cause a blackout.

Context

If one section of this "road" is damaged by shelling, electricity flows can be redirected by other lines. It is the ability to use alternative routes that helps maintain the power supply after damage.

Last year, before the large-scale winter shelling, domestic generation played a key role in providing the city with electricity. According to EP interlocutors in one of the energy companies, its contribution could reach about 1.3 GW. First of all, it was about Kyivska CHPP-5, CHPP-6 and Darnytska CHPP (CHPP-4).

What's next

The Russians continue systemic attacks on Kyiv and the region, trying to completely destroy the local combined heat and power plants and break the so-called "energy ring" to completely plunge the capital into darkness and cold.