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Ukraine’s capital city is preparing for a total electricity blackout as Russia continues to pound the country’s infrastructure in an apparent attempt to leave Ukrainians without power as winter approaches, officials said Sunday.
And Kyiv’s mayor said city residents should be prepared to evacuate if such a scenario comes to pass.
“We understand that if Russia continues such attacks, we may lose our entire electricity system, the director of security for Kyiv’s municipal government, Roman Tkachuk, told the New York Times.
Tkachuk and other Ukrainian officials told the Times that plans are in place to try and battle a blackout that would require a full evacuation of the capital.
“A few days ago, journalists asked me: does the capital have a blackout plan?” Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, said in a Telegram post Sunday.
