Zelenskiy, Kyiv mayor trade blame as Russian strikes plunge city into darkness

The Straits Times · The Straits Times · 2026-11-06 15:38 UTC

KYIV, Nov 6 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko traded fresh accusations on Friday of failing to prepare the Ukrainian capital for new Russian strikes that have plunged the city into unprecedented power and water outages. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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KYIV, Nov 6 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko traded fresh accusations on Friday of failing to prepare the Ukrainian capital for new Russian strikes that have plunged the city into unprecedented power and water outages.

The city of more than 3 million is entering another winter of attacks on energy facilities that are sparking long periods of emergency power cuts, as Ukraine struggles amid a shortage of air-defence weapons to down fast-moving missiles and drones.

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