Blackout under occupation: areas of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson are facing a lack of electricity and water.

On November 27, the territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions occupied by Russia experienced a power outage. The occupiers attribute the cause to damage on the power line.

This was reported in Telegram by the self-proclaimed "governor" of the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia region, Yevhen Balitsky. He assured that "the work will be completed as soon as possible, and power supply will be fully restored."

The accomplice of the occupiers added that "socially significant facilities are connected to backup power sources." He urged residents to "remain calm."

Local public pages report that traffic lights are not functioning in the occupied Melitopol. There have also been issues with water supply.

According to RIA Melitopol, problems in Melitopol and neighboring villages began the evening of November 26. Initially, the lights went out in the city and region, followed by water shortages. Soon, residents began reporting that heating was also being lost.

The same situation exists in the occupied Berdiansk. Residents of Berdiansk report that there is no water in most neighborhoods, and communication is unstable.

There is also no electricity in the occupied part of Kherson region. The occupiers' appointee, Volodymyr Saldo, reported that around five in the morning on November 27, an emergency shutdown occurred on the 330 kV power line "Dzhankoy – Melitopol."

"A total of 172 settlements in Henichesk, Novotroitsk, Verkhnerohachyk, Velykolepetykha, Ivanivka, and Nyzhni Serogoz municipalities were temporarily left without electricity. This affected 137,534 people and 40 socially significant facilities, which were quickly connected to emergency power sources," he writes.

As of 7:40 AM, electricity supply was restored in the Henichesk and Novotroitsk districts. 69 settlements remain without power.

Earlier, "Telegraph" reported on the living conditions and expectations of the residents of Melitopol under occupation. The Russians have done everything possible to effectively isolate the region in terms of information and create the desired image of a "new territory," where everything seems to be fine. However, upon closer inspection, even from propaganda stories, the real picture "peeks through."