Russian troops damaged a high-voltage power line with a voltage of 300 kV, almost the entire Lugansk region was de-energized, the situation is critical. This was announced by the head of the Luhansk military administration Sergei Gaidai.

" According to rough estimates, in 215 settlements. These are cities and villages. The number of de-energized subscribers as a result of the shelling by the Russians of a high-voltage power line with a voltage of 300 kV is being clarified,"

In addition, according to him, more than 60 percent of the total number of disconnected gas distribution stations throughout the country falls on the Donetsk and Lugansk regions..

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At the same time, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Energy, as of the morning of April 17, about 833 settlements remained without electricity in Ukraine, in total about 666 thousand consumers. In particular, in the Donetsk region - more than 274 thousand consumers, Kharkov - 107 thousand, Lugansk - 101 thousand, Kiev - 92 thousand consumers.

More than 265 thousand subscribers remained without gas supply. The most difficult situation with gas supply was observed in Zaporozhye, Kiev, Chernihiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions.

Ukrainian power engineers are making every effort to promptly return energy supplies to Ukrainian citizens.

However, in some areas, emergency recovery work is complicated or impossible due to the intensification of hostilities and the occurrence of new damage..