Half of Ukraine’s capital was still without power on Friday morning after Russian bombers hit critical infrastructure, causing massive blackouts across the country. Impressive footage from Kyiv is being shared on social networks, in one of which a little girl is charging her inhaler at a gas station.

Kyiv remained in the dark after the Russian missile attackPhoto: Sergey Chuzavkov/SOPA Images / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia

Recent Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure have led to widespread power outages, especially in the capital, Kyiv, where temperatures have dropped below zero degrees.

According to Mayor Vitaly Klychko, half of Kyiv is still without electricity. He told the city’s residents that the power companies would try to provide electricity one at a time for three consecutive hours, according to The Guardian.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi in his message on Thursday evening spoke about the “energy terror” of Russia, saying that it has repeatedly tried to eliminate the country’s energy infrastructure. He condemned the “crimes against humanity” as winter approached: “With sub-zero temperatures, millions of people without electricity, without heat and water, this is clearly a crime against humanity.”

“This little girl had to go to a gas station to get her inhaler working”

Impressive footage from Kyiv is being shared on social networks, in one of which a little girl is charging her inhaler at a gas station.

Deputy Lesya Vasylenko shared a spectacular picture with a little girl on Twitter on Friday.

  • “This little girl had to go to a gas station to charge her inhaler and get it working. It is as devastating as the heart surgery that doctors performed on a child during the bombings. Life goes on, but the most vulnerable are exposed to the greatest danger,” wrote Lesya Vasylenko.

Heart surgery with a flashlight

At the Kyiv Heart Institute, doctors were performing heart surgery when the light went out. Medics had to turn on generators to continue the intervention, which ended well.

The head of the medical service of the Kyiv Heart Institute, Boris Todurov, posted a video on Facebook showing how the procedure is performed using flashlights, CNN reports.

“The operation was going on when the electricity went out,” Todurov said, noting that there was no water in the hospital for several hours.

Electricity supply was restored in Ukraine on Thursday, but the supply is carried out gradually.