![]() Nationwide, repair work was ongoing, said Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, head of national electricity operator Ukrenergo, but insisted that "the most difficult stage" had passed. Mobile networks in some areas were still experiencing disruptions. Lines of cars queued outside petrol stations in Kyiv on Friday to stock up, AFP journalists said. "A third of houses in Kyiv already have heating and specialists continue to restore it." "During the day, energy companies plan to reconnect electricity for all consumers on an alternating basis," he wrote on Telegram. "Half of consumers are still without electricity," Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Municipal workers struggled Friday to reconnect essential services such as heat and water as temperatures in Kyiv approached freezing and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visited to announce a new aid package. Systematic and targeted Russian attacks for weeks have brought Ukraine's energy infrastructure to its knees as the country careens towards a freezing winter, spurring fears of a health crisis and a further exodus, nine months into war. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nearly half of Kyiv residents were still without electricity on Friday as engineers battled to restore services two days after Russian strikes hammered the country's energy grid. ![]()
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