KYIV, April 22 – In Kharkiv region, up to a hundred settlements out of approximately 500 that have been de-energized since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine remain without electricity, acting General Director of JSC Kharkivoblenergo Viacheslav Kravtsov has said.

"As a result of hostilities and shelling, 500 settlements have been deprived of power since the beginning of the war. In many of them, electrical grids were destroyed by 80-90%. As soon as the security situation allowed, our specialists began restoration work. Currently, up to a hundred settlements remain without electricity," he said in a comment to Energy Reform.