Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly criticized officials in Kyiv for their handling of power outages.
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Zelensky suggested that Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko had not done enough to recover from the blackouts caused by Russian missile attacks on the Ukrainian energy grid in an online video posted late Friday. Vitali Klitschko addressed the difficulties his administration has faced trying to keep the power on in the capital city last week.“Points of invincibility are deployed throughout the country but I know that, unfortunately, not in all cities the local government has done a good job,”“Many Kyiv residents were without electricity for more than 20 or even 30 hours,” Zelensky added. “I expect quality work from the mayor’s office.
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