Electricity disruptions in 2,000 towns and villages due to bad weather
Source: president Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram.
On Monday, November 27, electricity supply disruptions were registered in more than 2,000 towns and villages in 16 regions of Ukraine due to bad weather. Traffic is blocked or restricted on 14 highways.
‘I thank all the emergency employees, workers of communal services, the National Police, regional and local authorities, and energy workers who help people’, the president wrote.
He stressed that all services are working around the clock now.
‘If necessary, immediately seek help from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the National Police and communal services. Please take care of those who are having a particularly difficult time’, Zelensky called on the people.
Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko, wrote on Telegram about emergency outages in 2,019 settlements.
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