After a night attack by Russian kamikaze drones on Ukrainian infrastructure facilities, as of 11. 00 On December 19, a difficult situation developed in the energy system of Ukraine, NJSC Ukrenergo said.

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Now the units of the State Emergency Service are working to eliminate the consequences of shelling, and where it is already possible, repair teams assess the amount of damage and begin repair and emergency work..

The most difficult situation has developed in the central, eastern and Dnieper regions. Schedules of emergency shutdowns have been introduced in Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kirovograd, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv regions and. Kyiv.

Also in the southern and eastern regions, the attackers fired on de-occupied areas and damaged infrastructure.

“Priority healed critical infrastructure, restoration of power supply to residential consumers may take a long time.

With all the damage, the power engineers keep the situation under control. The energy system maintains a stable frequency of 50 Hz, we work synchronously with the European continental grid,” Ukrenergo assures.

On the night of December 18-19, Russian invaders attacked the Kiev region, as well as Cherkasy, Dnepropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson regions with 35 kamikaze drones. The defense forces managed to eliminate 30 "

Nevertheless, hits on the infrastructure were recorded in Kyiv and the Kyiv region..