Ukrainian Energy Ministry restores gas supply to 1,200 consumers in Kharkov region

MOSCOW. Oct 18 (Interfax) - Another 1,200 households have been re-connected to gas supply in the Kharkov region over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian media reported citing the Energy Ministry's message on social media.

About 800 households remain without gas supply due to damage to the gas distribution stations. "Emergency recovery work is ongoing," the ministry said.

Additionally, gas supply has been disrupted for 285 residential houses in the Lvov region due to technical malfunctions at the gas distribution station. Restoration work is also being carried out there.

Over 5,000 consumers were cut off from electricity in the Kiev-controlled part of the Donetsk region, and 1,500 consumers in the Dnepropetrovsk region, the ministry said. A number of consumers in the Sumy, Kharkov and Chernigov regions, as well as in the Kiev-controlled part of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions remain without electricity.

"In total, power engineers have reconnected [to power supply] 16,700 consumers over the past 24 hours," the ministry said.

Commercial imports of electricity totaled 10 MWh over the past 24 hours, exports to Slovakia and Moldova reached 3,914 MWh, the Energy Ministry said.