The key facts
- On the evening of November 4, residents of Kyiv's Obolon district blocked the roadway over power outages
- According to local residents, some buildings have had no electricity for four or five days, with power appearing only for 15–20 minutes
- Earlier, protests with a road blockade took place near Akademgorodok in the Svyatoshyn district
A new protest district
On the evening of November 4, residents of Kyiv's Obolon district blocked the roadway in protest against prolonged power outages. This was reported by the Ukrainian outlet Strana.ua, citing local social media pages; Life.ru also covered the event. The blocked roads caused kilometer-long traffic jams in the district.
What residents say
According to protest participants, some buildings have had no electricity for four or five days: power appears only occasionally and for just 15–20 minutes at a time. Residents also claim that the authorities are not following the scheduled blackout and power supply timetables. This information comes from local residents and has not been officially confirmed in the publication.
Protests have already spread to two districts
The Obolon district was not the first site of such actions: the same evening, as Life.ru previously reported, residents blocked traffic near Akademgorodok in the Svyatoshyn district, and vehicle movement in the area came to a halt. Thus, in a single evening, protest road blockades took place in two districts of the Ukrainian capital.
