Nearly half of the inhabitants of kyiv were still without electricity on Friday, November 25, two days after Russian strikes targeting essential infrastructure, said the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitali Klitschko.
“A third of kyiv’s housing already has heating, specialists continue to restore it in the capital. Half of consumers are still without electricity“, wrote Vitali Klitschko on the social network Telegram. “During the day, energy companies plan to connect electricity for all consumers alternatelyhe promised, as temperatures approached zero degrees Celsius with rain.
Electricity partially restored
The chairman of the board of directors of the national electricity operator, Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytsky, for his part estimated that the Ukrainian energy system now has “passed the most difficult stageafter the attack. Electricity is partially restored in the regions and “the energy system is again connected to the energy system of the European Union“, he said on Facebook.
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Millions of Ukrainians spent Thursday without power, especially in kyiv, the day after massive Russian missile strikes once again targeted water and electricity supply infrastructure. This Russian strategy has been described as “war crimesby Ukraine’s Western allies.