Electricity is gradually returning to Odessa after more than 1.5 million people were left without power due to Russian attacks on electricity infrastructure, the regional military administration said on Sunday.
“Gradually, in a short time, electricity is returning to consumers. Communication and the Internet are also returning,” Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesman for the Odessa Regional Military Administration, said in a television interview reported by Ukrinform.
This official added that “the operational situation in the Odessa region remains difficult” and assured that the engineers “work tirelessly, as do the operational leadership of the regional military administration”.
Bratchuk also said 206 relief brigades are working in all affected areas to restore electricity, communications and internet to consumers.
The worst affected area is the city of Odessa and surrounding districts, while serious damage was avoided in the rest of the region, he said.
At the same time, water supply and sewerage, both in the center and in the region, did not stop working despite the bombings.
“Our hospitals and maternity wards, as well as our critical infrastructure facilities, are fully operational. Electric urban transport is not working due to the heavy load on the network. We are getting out of the situation thanks to taxis and collective buses,” he noted.
Energy consortium DTEK had reported on Saturday morning that all subscribers in the city of Odessa, with the exception of critical infrastructure, had been cut off from electricity due to overnight Russian attacks on power supplies.
Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky on Saturday alluded to “acute power shortages” in several regions due to Russian attacks, especially in Odessa, where more than 1.5 million people are without electricity.
Source: DN
