Editing Rolling blackout (section)

=== Ukraine ===
[[File:Generators in Dnipro.jpg|thumb|Power generators in Dnipro during the blackouts, 2024]]

In the late 1990s, Ukraine experienced frequent scheduled electricity blackouts throughout the country's power system due to miners' strikes, the destruction of the coal industry in 1991–1996, the hidden privatization of energy companies and [[Barter|barters]] in the energy industry, which included even nuclear power.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-28 |title=Хроніки енергоолігархії: 20 років залежності - Главком |url=https://glavcom.ua/publications/115069-hroniki-energooligarhiji-20-rokiv-zalezhnosti.html |access-date=2024-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128045038/https://glavcom.ua/publications/115069-hroniki-energooligarhiji-20-rokiv-zalezhnosti.html |archive-date=28 January 2021 }}</ref>{{Main articles|2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine}}

During the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion in 2022]], [[Russia]] conducted multiple attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-31 |title=Russia targets Ukraine energy and water infrastructure in missile attacks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/31/russian-missiles-kyiv-ukraine-cities |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukraine Reports More Russian Strikes on Energy Infrastructure |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-reports-russian-strikes-on-energy-infrastructure-/6807571.html |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=VOA |date=27 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sukhov |first=Oleg |date=2022-10-19 |title=Intensified Russian attacks on Ukraine infrastructure unlikely to achieve Kremlin's goals |url=https://kyivindependent.com/national/Russian-attacks-on-Kyiv-energy-infrastructure-might-cause-problems |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=The Kyiv Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-10-31 |title=Another mass attack on Monday morning: Russia hits energy infrastructure across Ukraine |url=https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/another-mass-attack-on-monday-morning-russias-hits-energy-infrastructure-across-ukraine |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=The Kyiv Independent}}</ref> On 23 October 2022, rolling blackouts were introduced in [[Kyiv]] and its [[Kyiv Oblast|oblast]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rolling blackouts Kyiv city and oblast intended to stabilize the grid |url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/rolling-blackouts-used-by-kyiv-city-region-to-stabilize-the-power-grid-50278704.html |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=english.nv.ua |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-20 |title=Rolling blackouts start in Kyiv as Ukrainians urged to save power |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/57fdfbb0-647d-4a22-995f-b33c67d830fd |access-date=2023-04-06}}</ref> Rolling blackouts were introduced in all Ukrainian regions on 25 October 2022.<ref name="kyivindependent.com">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-10-25 |title=Rolling blackouts implemented in all Ukrainian regions on Oct. 25. |url=https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/rolling-blackouts-implemented-in-all-ukrainian-regions-on-oct-25 |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=The Kyiv Independent}}</ref>

In 2024, Ukraine faced another unprecedented [[Ukrainian energy crisis|energy crisis]] due to Russia's destruction of energy infrastructure, re-introducing rolling blackouts. Approximately 70% of the country's heating infrastructure was either damaged or under occupation by May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukraine's energy system under attack – Ukraine's Energy Security and the Coming Winter – Analysis |url=https://www.iea.org/reports/ukraines-energy-security-and-the-coming-winter/ukraines-energy-system-under-attack |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=IEA |language=en-GB}}</ref>