Approximately 130,000 people in Kyiv, a city with three million inhabitants, were still without electricity on Saturday, according to local authorities. Repairs to restore the entire network would be completed within 24 hours, the military administration in Kyiv said, by which time all heating systems should be operational again. On Wednesday, Russia launched dozens of missiles at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, causing severe damage. Electricity, water and heating have been cut in many areas of the country, with major fears that such crucial services are at risk of not working properly in the cold months ahead. The Ukrainian authorities are gradually restoring the electricity supply, helped by the reconnection of the country’s four nuclear power plants, but millions of people are still without heat and electricity after these Russian airstrikes, the most devastating since the beginning of the war.
