They promised to restore the power—then came another outage: residents of Dnipro, tired of indifference, took to the streets in protest

On the night of January 9–10, after a missile attack, it still proved impossible to restore stable electricity everywhere on the left bank of the Dnipro River. City authorities assured residents that power engineers and municipal services were working at the limit of their capabilities, but for many people this sounded like yet more words without results: residents had been without power for several days.

On Tuesday afternoon, around 3:30 p.m., the city council reported that DTEK had begun restoring power to homes on the left bank. But by the evening of January 13, some districts were again plunged into darkness—repeat outages were recorded in Berezynka, Kalynovskyi-6 (formerly Klochko), and Livoberezhnyi-3.

DTEK Dnipro Power Grids explained the situation as an overload of the network: after a mass reconnection of electricity, the equipment could not withstand the load and a new accident occurred. The power company noted that before this they had managed to restore electricity to more than 50,000 families after four days of difficult repairs amid destruction, air-raid alerts, bad weather, and other challenges. Residents were also urged not to switch on high-power appliances simultaneously in order to avoid new disruptions.

Meanwhile, some people ran out of patience. The situation hit especially hard in the private-house sector near StaroChumatska Street (formerly Baikalska): while in nearby apartment blocks the lights at least came on for short periods, residents of private homes had not seen electricity since Friday evening, January 9.

On the evening of January 13, people went out into the street, saying they were tired of this kind of treatment and of constant promises without real deadlines. In protest, residents of Dnipro temporarily blocked traffic on the street, demanding that the authorities not limit themselves to statements but provide a clear plan and an rapid solution to the problem.