In Zaporozhye this night, several pieces of copper cable of the largest telecom operator Ukrtelecom were cut and stolen. As a result, about 50 thousand. Subscribers were left without communication. About this in Facebook, wrote the director of corporate communications company Mikhail Shuranov.

"Zaporizhzhya thieves met Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman with the theft of a multi-pair (6 cables from 300 to 600 pairs) copper cable at Pravda Street 48. They did not stop even the hatch.

At 0-25 and 0-58 there were alarms, but the criminals were not detained, "- wrote Shuranov.

He added that this time about 1,000 subscribers were affected. In total, in a city without telephone communication about 50 thousand subscribers.

"Their cables are simply stolen. Today, the city authorities also suffered. Phones Zaporozhye City Council also damaged. There are emergency works, "- wrote a representative of the company.

According to him, only this year recorded 1,000 thefts. Growth over last year 60%.