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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

Kyiv facing ‘sharp deterioration’ in electric supply after Russian strikes

People walk along a dark street without electricity in central Kyiv
People walk along a dark street without electricity in central Kyiv. Photograph: Oleksii Chumachenko/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

Ukrainians living in and around Kyiv have been told of a “sharp deterioration” in the region’s electricity supply after a fresh wave of Russian strikes aimed at sapping public morale as the country’s cold winter approaches.

A local energy supplier, Yasno, warned that existing blackouts could last a lot longer than a previously planned schedule of four-hour outages and that the capital already faced an electricity deficit of about 30% or more.

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