The only light came from the surgeons’ battery-powered headlamps.
A viral video shared by a Ukrainian journalist on Twitter shows a team of surgeons continuing a child’s heart surgery in Kyiv after a Russian missile plunged the operating room into darkness.
Russian forces have increasingly targeted Ukraine’s power grid with missile attacks, as Moscow’s politicians previously told Russian state media television that they supported shuttering Ukraine’s energy, resulting in the starvation and freezing of Ukrainians. The missiles have been shown exploding near energy facilities, damaging the infrastructure. On Wednesday, Kyiv was subject to an attack that killed six, injured 30 and destroyed critical infrastructure. The attacks damaged Kyiv’s power supply, and many residents and organizations were left without power.
The attack caused a loss of power in a Kyiv hospital as a child was undergoing heart surgery. A video depicts a team of surgeons continuing the operation with limited light.
