Nearly half a million homes in Kyiv were without electricity, as Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy systems put a growing strain on basic services
KYIV, Ukraine—Nearly half a million homes in the Ukrainian capital were without electricity on Friday morning, asput a growing strain on basic services across Ukraine.
The number of Kyiv residents without power Friday was up 1.5 times from the previous day, according to Vitali Klitschko, the city’s mayor, who said the shutdowns were the result of “overloading of the central node of the country’s power system.”
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