It happens while millions of people in and around the city lack electricity and heat, or have electricity and heat only sporadically.
An electricity supplier said on Saturday it could only supply three-quarters of the electricity the country needs, meaning restrictions will continue as winter approaches.
WATER COLLECTION: Several residents queued up Thursday morning to collect water in Kiev after Russian rocket attacks temporarily crippled the city’s water supplies. Photo: Evgeny Maloletka / AP / NTB
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The director of the private DTEK Yasno power company, Sergeyj Kovalenko, which supplies power to Kiev, says the situation in the city has improved but remains “difficult,” according to Reuters.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Friday that 6 million Ukrainians were without electricity after massive Russian attacks on infrastructure. Some of the power accesses have since been restored.
– Worse every hour
An estimated 6.9 million Ukrainians are currently believed to be living as refugees in their own country and in neighboring countries such as Slovakia and Hungary. As temperatures drop in the coming months, more people are expected to seek refuge in other Eastern European countries.
The Norwegian authorities also expect an increase in the influx of Ukrainian refugees and expects another 10,000 to arrive next year than previously estimated.
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on Wednesday evening, following new Russian attacks on Ukraine, where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack a “crime against humanity”.
The meeting led to clear condemnations from Russia.
