Operations and haircuts carried out in darkness in Ukraine ahead of brutal winter ⚫ Critical medical procedures are among the essential services taking place by candlelight due to devastating attacks on the country’s infrastructure
and other cities as Ukrainian teams work to repair the damage. On Monday, DTEK, Ukraine’s biggest private electricity producer, said it would reduce electricity supply by 60 per cent in Kyiv, where temperatures are around zero degrees.are tantamount to a war crime, while Russia claims it is hitting legitimate military targets.For residents of Kyiv, collecting snow for drinking water and conducting life in the darkness has become the norm.
In addition to the lack of power and heat for homes, communication lines, the internet, water and things like elevators in high-rise blocks have stopped working. As of last week over 67,000 people had used them according to AP estimates and they are designed as a stopgap until normal services resume. So far, the main drawback for residents is that they can be difficult to find due to their locations on an online map. Residents are told to write down addresses in a notebook when the internet is accessible.
“Those who can leave the city for the winter to the villages can buy firewood for their house in the state online store,” said the head of the Ukrainian company MDL House service, Mykola Bumazhniy, which provides management of high-rise buildings in 14 cities in Ukraine.
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