The region also has a difficult gas supply situation.
Russian troops damaged a 300 kV high-voltage power line, almost the entire Luhansk region was cut off, and the situation is critical. The head of the Luhansk military administration Sergey Gaidai reported about it.
“The situation is critical – the light has disappeared almost all over the region. It is estimated that in 215 settlements. Both cities and villages. In addition, according to him, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts account for more than 60 percent of the total number of disconnected gas distribution stations across the country.
“The main reason for stopping these GDS – damage to gas distribution networks due to shelling and difficulties with access to facilities due to active hostilities,” – said Gaidai.
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Energy, as of the morning of April 17, about 833 settlements in Ukraine remained without electricity, a total of about 666 thousand consumers. In particular, in Donetsk region – more than 274 thousand consumers, Kharkiv – 107 thousand, Luhansk – 101 thousand, Kyiv – 92 thousand consumers.
More than 265 thousand subscribers were left without gas supply . The most difficult situation with gas supply was observed in Zaporizhia, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions.
Ukrainian energy companies are making every effort to quickly return energy supply to Ukrainian citizens.
However, in some areas, emergency recovery work is difficult or impossible due to the intensification of hostilities and the emergence of new damage.
