KYIV — When the power goes down and the elevator stops working, Ukrainian couple Maryna and Valeriy Tkalich leave the pushchair on the ground floor and carry their two-month-old son up the 12 flights of stairs to their apartment instead.
Ukrainian artist Yevhen Klymenko uses a flashlight to go downstairs during a blackout in Kyiv on June 5.
In scenes reminiscent of the winter of 2023, streets are frequently plunged into darkness, the hum of private generators can be heard again across Kyiv streets and people carry flashlights to get around. Many Ukrainians fear things will get worse as winter approaches, with Russian forces seizing the initiative on the battlefield and intensifying missile and drone attacks on thermal and hydropower stations.
"Even the air strikes, which we have got used to and which present huge risks for the family — made worse by the presence of the baby — bother me less than the blackouts do," Tkalich said. "Blackouts are the worst." As the country eagerly pleaded for additional air defences and awaited delayed military aid from the United States, Russian drones and missiles caused over US$1 billion worth of damage.
For artist Yevhen Klymenko, a friend of the Tkaliches who also lives in Kyiv, power outages have brought a change in the way he works.
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