Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal reported "a cascade shutdown" in Ukraine's power grid in the morning on Jan. 31, following disruptions to transmission lines between Romania and Moldova, as well as between western and central Ukraine. A systemic failure in the energy system led to power outages widely across Ukraine, but the reasons are unclear for now, sources in an energy company and the Cabinet of Ministers told Ukrainian media outlet Ekonomichna Pravda. Ukraine's largest private energy company,