Ukraine Restoring Power After Widespread Grid Outages
Kyiv residents receive hot meals and warm themselves by an open fire near a mobile kitchen organized by veterans, on Jan. 30.
Photographer: Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto/Getty Images
Power was gradually being restored in Ukraine’s capital on Saturday after widespread outages from what were termed “technical issues” across the nation’s power grid that spilled over to Moldova as well.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko placed the city under an emergency blackout and Metro services were suspended early Saturday. Temperatures, already frigid, are expected to drop further overnight to a low of about -24C (-11F).