During the day on December 17, electricity was returned to 6 million Ukrainians after yesterday's rocket attack by the Russians.. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this in an evening video message.

" Still a lot of work to stabilize the system. There are heating problems. There are big problems with water supply. A more difficult situation is Kyiv and the region, Vinnitsa and the region, Lviv and the region. But in many other regions there are, unfortunately, large-scale shutdowns..

These are the Dnieper and the region, and Volyn, Zhytomyr region, Transcarpathia, Frankivsk region, Odessa region, Poltava region, Ternopil region, Chernihiv region and other cities and regions,"

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Recall, on December 16, Russia fired 76 missiles at Ukraine, Ukrainian air defense shot down 60 of them.. As a result of the shelling, more than 50% of Ukrainian consumers (including critical infrastructure) were left without electricity. Ukrenergo declared a state of emergency in the country, but by the end of the day it was canceled thanks to prompt stabilization measures.