OREANDA-NEWS. On August 17, international and long-distance telephony services, which were interrupted because of the damage of the fiber optic network during hostilities, were restored in Horlivka, Debaltseve, and Artemivsk. Fixed telephony and Internet subscribers in Marinka experience difficulties in using these services due to the absence of electricity. At the moment, the Donetsk oblast is being provided with the telecommunications services in normal mode.

As of August 17, telecommunications services are unavailable in Luhansk due to unstable power grids. Residents of Pervomaisk experience similar situation due to the captured communications center of Ukrtelecom; our employees have no access to the equipment. In addition, there are difficulties observed in the international and long-distance telephone service provision in such settlements in Luhansk oblast as Brianka, Perevalsk, Antratsyt, Krasnyi Luch, Lutuhyne, Krasnodon, Rovenky, Sverdlovsk, Popasna, Kirov, Stanytsia-Luhanska, and Slovianoserbsk. However, local telephony services are fully provided in the oblast, city residents being able to communicate inside the cities and call emergency services in critical situations. Due to the problems with the external power supply, fixed Internet service interruptions still occur in the Luhansk oblast, particularly in the city of Luhansk.

Ukrtelecom continues the repairs in the Donbass, realizing how important it is to provide its residents with the telecommunications services in this situation. Unfortunately, the repairs are impossible to carry out because of the hostilities in the region. Our specialists will start the repairs as soon as there will be no threat to their lives.