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Dnipro Declares National-Level Emergency as Russian Strikes Leave 800,000 Without Power
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Following heavy Russian strikes and a widespread power outage, the city of Dnipro is facing what local authorities describe as a national-level emergency, Mayor Borys Filatov said on January 8.
“From a purely technical standpoint, the situation in Dnipro is one of the most difficult,” Filatov said. “This is truly a national-level emergency.”
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According to the mayor, electricity is gradually being restored to hospitals, which had been operating on backup power systems since the outage began. Medical facilities, he noted, were prepared with alternative energy sources and fuel reserves.
Dnipro’s sewage system has also been re-energized. Filatov said the city’s left bank is currently being supported by alternative power supplies, while the water supply on the right bank is slowly stabilizing.
Ukrainian DTEK, the regional electricity provider, reported that more than 800,000 people in the region remain without access to electricity following Russian strikes on infrastructure.
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“Regarding heating: all boiler facilities were de-energized yesterday,” the mayor said. “We are now making every possible effort to restore their operation.”
Public transportation in the regional capital is operating using buses in place of electric transit, and the city has enough fuel reserves to maintain service for several days.
To accommodate ongoing disruptions, kindergartens in Dnipro are operating with limited duty groups for four hours a day, while school holidays have been extended until January 11.
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In a longer statement addressed to residents, Filatov emphasized that city services began implementing emergency response protocols overnight and remain in constant contact with the regional military administration, national ministries, and emergency services.
“From the night onward, the city has been following all established emergency algorithms,” he said. “We are in continuous coordination with the regional military administration and all relevant ministries and services.”
Filatov credited utility workers and energy specialists for what he described as “titanic efforts” to stabilize critical infrastructure under extremely difficult conditions.
Further details on public transport operations, resilience centers, and the status of schools and childcare facilities are expected to be released in a separate video briefing.
Earlier, Ukraine’s nuclear power plants were forced to cut electricity generation, following a massive Russian attack on the country’s energy infrastructure, leaving consumers without power in at least eight regions of the country.
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