Outages in 72 settlements due to bad weather, – energy ministry
Source: Ukraine’s energy ministry
As of December 25 morning, 72 towns and villages in Ukraine are experiencing electricity disruptions due to the bad weather conditions.
In Donetsk region, there are outages in 144 settlements because of the Russian strikes and in 11 – because of the weather.
5 thousand people remain without electricity in Kherson due to the enemy strikes. In addition, there are electricity disruptions in 45 settlements.
Due to the hostilities, there are also outages in 63 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region, in 54 – in Sumy region, in 16 – in Chernihiv region. In Kharkiv region, 16 thousand people are without electricity because of the Russian attacks.
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