The key facts
- Residents of Kyiv's Akademmistechko district blocked a road, halting traffic
- In the Desnianskyi district, some buildings were left without power for more than 37 hours
- In addition to electricity, some buildings experienced problems with the water supply
Protest over power outages
Kyiv residents blocked traffic in the Akademmistechko district in protest against prolonged electricity outages. This was reported by UNIAN, citing local public pages that posted information about the action. Residents took to the roadway, trying to draw the authorities' attention to problems with the power supply, and traffic on that section of the road was blocked.
Scale of the disruptions
The protest took place against the backdrop of serious electricity disruptions in the Ukrainian capital. According to Life.ru, in some districts of Kyiv residents are left without power for many hours, and electricity does not always come on even during the periods scheduled in the outage timetables. The most striking example is the Desnianskyi district, where, according to a separate report by the same outlet, some residential buildings were left without electricity for more than 37 hours. The head of the district administration, Maksym Bakhmatov, said that some buildings also experienced problems with the water supply. Local residents complained that outages in some buildings last 12–15 hours in a row.
What is known and what remains unclear
The information about the protest is based on reports from Ukrainian sources and local public pages; the organizers and the exact number of participants are not named in the publications. It also remains unknown whether the city authorities responded to the protest and whether the electricity supply schedule changed after the action.
