82 generators have already been delivered to Odessa to meet the needs of the city and the region for electricity against the backdrop of a large-scale accident at a substation damaged by Russian troops. Also at the next meeting, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine plans to make a decision on the allocation of funds to the region for the purchase of fuel for the operation of the transferred generators, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at a meeting of the State Commission on Technogenic and Environmental Safety and Emergencies.

According to the head of the Odesa OVA Maxim Marchenko, the region has already received 39 generators from the State Emergency Service, 31 from the energy hub and 12 from DTEK. Now in the process of installing them.. Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko added that on Monday the government will transfer the region and additional equipment.

Shmyhal noted that the government is going to consider Marchenko's proposal to send Odessa additional money for the purchase of diesel fuel from the reserve fund and support it - we can talk about 30 million hryvnias. According to the prime minister, this should make it possible to start up all the generators available in Odessa region, which will help reduce the load on the network and provide more electricity to the population..

[see_also ids\u003d"

The head of the Cabinet of Ministers instructed the head of the Odesa OVA to make sure that all the transferred generators are working, and also to draw up a letter on the additional energy needs of the region. At the same time, Minister of Energy Galushchenko and Deputy Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov Shmyhal asked to find another 300 generators on the territory of the state, which will be sent to Odessa region for a certain time..

As of 14. 00 emergency blackouts were still in effect in the Odessa region. According to Marchenko, for 360,000 subscribers (50%), they still turn off the lights for ten hours and turn them on for only two. At night, it was possible to increase the duration of electricity supply to 9/3, but consumption increased again against the backdrop of the start of the working week.

As the head of the OVA noted, central heating boilers supply heat to 90% of Odessa, local boilers operate according to shutdown schedules. At the same time, there are no houses in the city in which there is no heating around the clock.. Water is also supplied, in particular, with the help of generators.

Earlier, due to the difficult situation with electricity supply, the city authorities of Odessa announced holidays in educational institutions..