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By Laurence Peter
BBC News
Ukraine's national energy company has urged citizens to "charge everything" by 07:00 (04:00 GMT) Thursday because of expected power cuts caused by Russian missile strikes.
Energy plants were hit by Russian missiles again on Wednesday - part of a wave of such strikes since 10 October.
Outages of up to four hours at a time will affect the whole country on Thursday, grid operator Ukrenergo said.
Phones, power banks, torches and batteries need to be charged, it urged.
The operator also appealed to Ukrainians to stock up with water and ensure they have "warm socks and blankets and hugs for family and friends".
Earlier President Volodymyr Zelensky said 30% of Ukrainian power stations had been damaged by Russian air strikes.
Ukrenergo said there had been more attacks on power facilities in the past 10 days than in the whole preceding period since Russia's invasion on 24 February.
"Tomorrow we will apply controlled, calculated consumption restrictions, which we have to do, to ensure the system functions in a balanced way," its statement said on social media.
Ukrenergo said restrictions "may be applied throughout Ukraine from 7am to 10pm" and advised citizens to check the regional network operators' websites to see where and when exactly.
Sporadic power cuts have already affected parts of the capital Kyiv and many of Ukraine's regions. Russian missiles have damaged infrastructure all across Ukraine, including cities like Lviv in the west - a long way from the fighting.
Authorities have urged Ukrainians to reduce their power use in the evenings.
"We do not rule out that with the onset of cold weather, we will ask for your help more often," Ukrenergo said.
... "Cutting off men, women, children of water, electricity and heating with winter coming - these are acts of pure terror."
Martial law
Russia is now implementing martial law in areas of Ukraine that it recently annexed - Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south and Donetsk and Luhansk in the east.
The Kremlin claims those regions are now part of Russia - a claim internationally rejected and condemned.
Martial law means tighter security checks and restrictions on movement in the areas affected. But the war has already curbed the rights and freedoms of Ukrainians under occupation.
By Laurence Peter
BBC News
Ukraine's national energy company has urged citizens to "charge everything" by 07:00 (04:00 GMT) Thursday because of expected power cuts caused by Russian missile strikes.
Energy plants were hit by Russian missiles again on Wednesday - part of a wave of such strikes since 10 October.
Outages of up to four hours at a time will affect the whole country on Thursday, grid operator Ukrenergo said.
Phones, power banks, torches and batteries need to be charged, it urged.
The operator also appealed to Ukrainians to stock up with water and ensure they have "warm socks and blankets and hugs for family and friends".
Earlier President Volodymyr Zelensky said 30% of Ukrainian power stations had been damaged by Russian air strikes.
Ukrenergo said there had been more attacks on power facilities in the past 10 days than in the whole preceding period since Russia's invasion on 24 February.
"Tomorrow we will apply controlled, calculated consumption restrictions, which we have to do, to ensure the system functions in a balanced way," its statement said on social media.
Ukrenergo said restrictions "may be applied throughout Ukraine from 7am to 10pm" and advised citizens to check the regional network operators' websites to see where and when exactly.
Sporadic power cuts have already affected parts of the capital Kyiv and many of Ukraine's regions. Russian missiles have damaged infrastructure all across Ukraine, including cities like Lviv in the west - a long way from the fighting.
Authorities have urged Ukrainians to reduce their power use in the evenings.
"We do not rule out that with the onset of cold weather, we will ask for your help more often," Ukrenergo said.
... "Cutting off men, women, children of water, electricity and heating with winter coming - these are acts of pure terror."
Martial law
Russia is now implementing martial law in areas of Ukraine that it recently annexed - Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south and Donetsk and Luhansk in the east.
The Kremlin claims those regions are now part of Russia - a claim internationally rejected and condemned.
Martial law means tighter security checks and restrictions on movement in the areas affected. But the war has already curbed the rights and freedoms of Ukrainians under occupation.