In an evening video message to citizens, president Volodymyr Zelensky said, "More than 10 million Ukrainians do not have electricity as of November 17."
Vinnytsia, Odesa, Sumy regions, and Kyiv were most affected by this situation. Zelensky explained that, in addition to the planned, there were again emergency power outages in the country. On November 17, Russian forces launched new massive attacks on the country's essential infrastructures.