About 400 towns and villages in Ukraine left without electricity due to bad weather

As of Thursday morning, January 30, some 397 populated areas in eight regions of Ukraine were left without electricity due to bad weather conditions, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine has reported.

“Bad weather conditions (strong wind and snow) caused blackouts in 397 populated areas in eight regions, in particular: Poltava region – 201 populated areas, Chernihiv region – 88, Sumy region – 72, Kirovohrad region – 10, Donetsk region – 10, Cherkasy region – 8, Dnipropetrovsk region – 6, and Zaporizhzhia region – 2,” reads the report.

Emergency response teams of regional power distribution companies were involved in carrying out the necessary repairs to resume electricity supply.

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