KYIV: More than half of Kyiv is still without power a day after Russian strikes on energy facilities, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday, as Ukrainians struggle through a bitter cold snap.
Many of Kyiv’s residents have been living in cold apartments with only a few hours of electricity a day — or sometimes none at all — since a recent surge in Russian attacks on a grid battered by nearly four years of missile and drone strikes.
“As of this morning, about 4,000 buildings in Kyiv are still without heat, and nearly 60 percent of the capital is without electricity,” Zelensky wrote on X.
The temperature in the capital was minus 12 degrees Celsius (10.4 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday morning, although it climbed slightly by the afternoon.
Some residents complained on social media of being without electricity or heating for more than a day.
