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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lamiat Sabin

Power boss asks Ukrainians to leave the country to ease burden on damaged energy network

Kostiantyn Liberov/AP

Citizens of Ukraine have been advised to leave the country – if they can – to help reduce demand on the energy network.

Ukrainians should consider leaving for “three to four months” as it “will be very helpful to the system”, Maxim Timchenko, the head of Ukraine’s biggest private energy supplier, has said.

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