Comment 4 for bug 1804603

After last update some servises failed
systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service loaded failed failed Create Volatile Files and Directories
ssh.service loaded failed failed OpenBSD Secure Shell server

If You reboot VPS after update You can't connect via SSH, because SSH service start failed

sshd can be launched via:
1. connect via web console (if VPS)
2. mkdir /run/sshd
3. systemctl start sshd

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
Release: 16.04

apt-cache policy systemd
systemd:
  Installed: 229-4ubuntu21.9
  Candidate: 229-4ubuntu21.9
  Version table:
 *** 229-4ubuntu21.9 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     229-4ubuntu4 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages