Later, around 11:30 p.m., Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi reported on the day on his Telegram account. He counted “eleven areas without electricity“. Among these were the regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Odessa, Volyn, Ternopil and Lviv. He added, finally, that “Work to restore power will continue through the night.”
This Thursday morning, electricity was gradually restored on Thursday in many cities of Ukraine, including Kyiv. Son maire, Vitali Klitschkosaid workers were doing everything possible to restore power “as fast as possible” but that would largely depend on the“balance” overall network at the national level.
Kirilo Tymoshenko, deputy chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky, said power had been restored in the Kirovohrad and Vinnytsia regions, according to information from the Belga agency.
Electricity has also returned to the Sumy region in northern Ukraine, and 3,000 miners who were trapped underground during a power outage have been brought to the surface in the center of the country, officials said. regional officials quoted relayed by Belga.