Yatsenyuk orders immediate repairs of electricity lines in Kherson region

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has ordered immediate repairs of electricity transmission lines in Kherson region, to which representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine and the national police have access.

The Prime Ministers said at an emergency meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“I issue orders to immediately start repairs of those lines, where we can conduct repairs, start repair works in order to resume electricity supply in Kherson region and ensure energy security of the country. As I have been informed by specialists, 72 hours are needed to resume electricity lines to which there is access, and where the Security Service and the National Police guarantee security to the workers,” he said.

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