New fake: Ukrenergo denies "zonal" power outages in Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
Ukrenergo denies the allegations of "zonal" outages and new schedules, stating that such information spread in Telegram channels is fake and has no factual basis.
Ukrenergo stated that there would be no "zonal blackouts" and no new schedules. The information spread by a number of Telegram channels is fake. UNN writes about this with reference to the statement of NPC Ukrenergo.
Details
Beware, new lies and fakes. This time, it's a fictitious claim about "zonal" blackouts, as if different cities will be assigned to different zones and will have different duration of blackouts
Ukrenergo emphasizes that this is yet another IPSO. The company explains that this fiction has no basis in fact, except for an attempt to get new subscribers to anonymous Telegram channels that will not contain true information.
Addendum
In addition, it was once again emphasized that the power outages were caused exclusively by Russian missile and drone attacks. Ukrainians are also advised to trust information exclusively from official sources, in particular from the pages of Ukrenergo and the Ministry of Energy.
Context
Information about new schedules of power outages has appeared online. Anonymous Telegram channels announced the so-called "zonal blackouts," saying that the whole of Ukraine will allegedly be divided into several zones, and in some places there will be no electricity for more than 12 hours.
Recall
Ukraine has developed an innovative tool "Fake news calculator" to help distinguish fake news from real news.
