Main points
- In Kyiv and Kharkiv, the metro stopped due to power outages and low voltage.
- Taxi prices in Kyiv have increased slightly due to problems with the metro.
Metro operations halted due to lighting problems / Collage by Channel 24 (illustrative photo)
Due to power outages, subway services in two Ukrainian cities have been disrupted. Passengers are being informed of temporary problems.
This was reported on the pages of the Kharkiv Metro and the Kyiv City State Administration.
What is known about the suspension of metro traffic?
In Kyiv, the lights went out at some stations and escalators stopped working. Passengers reported that trains had also stopped. Later, the Kyiv City State Administration reported that due to low voltage in the capital from external power supply centers, the metro could not work temporarily. Passengers will be notified about the resumption of traffic.
Metro traffic has been stopped due to low voltage in the network. Underground metro stations can currently operate as shelters (on backup power to the stations),
– wrote the mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.
The metro has temporarily stopped in Kyiv: watch the video
Meanwhile, taxis have slightly increased their prices. You can get from the right bank to the left bank for over 900 hryvnias. The reason is problems with the metro and increased demand.
Taxi prices have increased slightly / Screenshot
The Kharkiv metro also announced a temporary suspension of traffic. They note that due to technical reasons, train movement on the metro lines is temporarily impossible. At 11:31, train movement on the Khodnogorsk-Zavodskaya metro line was restored with temporarily increased intervals, which are 25-30 minutes.
At 1:22 p.m., train traffic on the Saltivska metro line was also restored.
What is known about the state of the Ukrainian energy sector?
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On Friday, January 30, equipment in frontline regions was damaged during fighting. Power outages occurred in Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions. Restoration work is being carried out wherever the security situation currently allows. Energy experts reported that consumption was at a seasonal level.
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In Kyiv, residents managed to restore electricity, but it is being supplied to homes one by one. Temporary irregular schedules have been introduced in the capital. On January 31, the city also had to introduce emergency shutdowns.
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At the same time, there will be no attacks on Ukraine's energy facilities by the enemy for now, as US leader Donald Trump said he had asked Vladimir Putin not to attack Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities for a week. The Russian dictator agreed to this.