Europe's most severe heatwave on record set new temperature records in eastern parts of the continent on Monday and forced Ukraine to order power cuts to cope. The scorching heat, which first smothered western Europe last week, has already set records in Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany as it moved east in recent days. Slovakia on Monday registered a new record temperature of 41C in Turna nad Bodvou in the southeast, the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU) said. The mercury reached 41.8C in Aszod in central Hungary, just below the country's absolute heat record of 41.9C from 2007. Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar told reporters the government wanted state staff to work from home where possible. He asked public services to reschedule outdoor work and requested that restaurants give out drinking water and air-conditioned public venues stay open. Read moreHealthcare in a heatwave: French hospitals and aged care homes bear the brunt of rising temperatures With the Balkans also braced for temperatures of up to 40C, firefighters in Bosnia battled blazes sparked during the heat. Ukraine's energy network, already pummelled by Russian attacks over more than four years of war, buckled again under the high temperatures. Ukraine cuts