Ukraine: Russian Invasion Causes Blackout in 1500 Regions

Ukraine's Energy Ministry announced that the Russian military operation caused a blackout in nearly 1,500 regions of the country.

"Throughout yesterday, energy sources were restored to more than 96,000 consumers in the Sumy, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv regions, but there are still no less than 1.327 regions without electricity, more than 872 thousand consumers in total," the ministry said, according to "Union" new agency.

The ministry added that work is currently underway in Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, and Kherson. Gas supplies have been restored to 3,841 consumers during the past day; so far more than 273,000 consumers are left without gas supplies.

It explained that Ukrainian energy engineers are doing their best to quickly restore lighting and heat. However, emergency recovery work is complicated or excluded in some areas due to the intensification of hostilities and the occurrence of the new damage.

Contributed by Israa Farhan