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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Kyiv mayor says heating restored in capital after latest Russian strikes

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A Christmas tree is set up ahead of celebrations at Sophia Square in Kyiv on Saturday. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Heating has been fully restored to Kyiv, the city’s mayor has said, after one of the most intense Russian bombardments of the capital last week robbed it of key civilian energy supplies and forced the national government to implement rolling blackouts.

Vitali Klitschko said on Sunday morning the capital was successfully “restoring all services after the latest shelling” and that “in particular, the capital’s heating supply system is fully restored. All sources of heat supply work normally.”

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