2024-09-19T11:09:00+03:00 Economy 2024-09-23T04:00:01+03:00

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Russia attacks energy facilities in 7 regions of Ukraine

Russia attacks energy facilities in 7 regions of Ukraine

The russian occupiers during the past day shelled the civilian energy infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv Regions.

The Ministry of Energy has said this in a statement, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

According to the report, in the Sumy Region, during the air alarm, equipment was turned off at the substation, and consumers were cut off.

Currently, the power is restored, the equipment is included in the work.

In the Chernihiv Region, as a result of enemy shelling, household consumers were cut off, and a total of 4,972 subscribers remained without electricity.

"In the Donetsk Region, during the air strike, power was cut off at substations, household consumers and mines. At the time of the incident, a total of 72 workers were in the mines, they were brought to the surface. The power supply has been partially restored," the report says.

As of the morning of Thursday, September 19, 545 settlements remain partially or completely without power due to hostilities and technical violations.

At the same time, energy companies restored power to 230,767 consumers that were cut off as a result of hostilities and technological violations.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Ukraine has lost more than 9 GW of capacity since the end of March due to russian shelling.

Russian occupiers also seized 18 GW of Ukrainian generation.