Ukraine's Ukrenergo orders all-day blackouts in some regions Sunday

Ukrainians in several regions will spend Sunday, November 15, in the dark. National energy company Ukrenergo said hourly outage schedules will run around the clock for every category of consumer, with restrictions of one to two outage groups in place. Industrial consumers will face consumption limits too.

Ukrenergo pinned the blackouts on the fallout from Russian strikes on the country's power system. The company made the call in a Facebook post, according to Ukrinform. "Energy workers are restoring damaged equipment and power grids around the clock in order to restore electricity to Ukrainian homes as quickly as possible," Ukrenergo said.

Anyone planning around the outages will need to keep checking: updated schedules will land on the official websites and social media pages of the regional distribution system operators, not in one central place.

The strain on the grid is fresh. Ukrinform previously reported that Russian forces damaged 10 DTEK energy facilities in the Kyiv region over the past week.