Some 130,000 Remain Without Power In Ukrainian Capital - Administration

Some 130,000 Remain Without Power in Ukrainian Capital - Administration

Some 130,000 people in the Ukrainian capital were still without power as of Saturday morning following a massive blackout this week, the Kiev military administration said

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 26th November, 2022) Some 130,000 people in the Ukrainian capital were still without power as of Saturday morning following a massive blackout this week, the Kiev military administration said.

"The emergency shutdown has affected 130,000 residents of the capital, who remain without electricity," the administration said on social media.

Later in the day, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that a quarter of residents of Ukraine's capital had no power as of Saturday.

"As of now, 25% of Kiev's residents are cut off. That's a deficit. And if we keep working, I'm sure that in the next few days, hopefully tomorrow, we will already be able to switch to planned power outages," Klitschko told a local broadcaster.

Much of Kiev was plunged into darkness on Wednesday after Russia struck Kiev's military command posts and the related power grid. The Ukrainian Energy Ministry said a day later that it had restored power supply to critical infrastructure.

Oleksandr Fomenko, the chief executive of Ukrainian utility DTEK Grids, said on Friday that only 30% of Kiev had electricity. The city is expected to go back to power rationing on Monday.