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In rare public spat, Zelenskiy criticises Kyiv mayor over emergency centres

FILE PHOTO: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko visits an apartment building destroyed in a missile strike, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo

In a rare public spat involving Ukrainian leaders, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday criticised the mayor of Kyiv for doing what he said was a poor job setting up emergency shelters to help those without power and heat after Russian attacks.

In the wake of crushing Russian missile strikes against the power-generating system, Ukraine has established thousands of so-called "invincibility centres" where people can access heat, water, internet and mobile phone links.

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