FILE PHOTO: A patient Halyna Halytska, 65, receives a hemodialysis treatment in a hospital as water supplies were cut off as power went off in the area, as a part of rolling blackouts introduced by the authorities, to save electricity after recent Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, in Obukhiv, Ukraine November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo
Ukraine's health ministry said on Tuesday it was asking regional officials to consider suspending non-essential surgeries until the energy situation inside the country stabilizes.
Eight waves of Russian air strikes on critical infrastructure in recent weeks have seriously damaged Ukraine's power grid and led to emergency and planned outages across the country.
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