“Operational data at 7:00 [по московскому времени] by the number of disconnected consumers in regions where power supply is disrupted due to bad weather: Rostov region – 52.3 thousand people, LPR – 41.9 thousand people, Volgograd region – 11.5 thousand people,” the report says.

At the same time, the ministry clarified that power engineers managed to restore power supply in the Astrakhan region.

In Saratov, Gagarin airport was closed due to freezing rain.

And earlier Life.ru wrote that yesterday, February 12, freezing rain covered the Volgograd, Voronezh, Rostov, Kaluga and Bryansk regions. Due to bad weather, a state of emergency and a high alert regime were introduced in the regions. And in Moscow, freezing rain and ice should end on February 13. During the day, the snow clouds will move beyond the Moscow region, and by noon the precipitation in the capital will stop, and Muscovites will see the sun.