A barbershop powered by a generator remains open during a blackout in Kyiv, on Jan. 12.
Photographer: Julia Kochetova/BloombergWith the Power Out, Kyiv’s Residents Confront Cold as a Weapon of War
As President Zelenskiy declares an energy emergency, citizens seek out heat where they can.
After three days without power in sub-zero temperatures, tech enterpreneur Anastasiya Stepula decided to leave her apartment in central Kyiv in search of heat.
Stepula, 37, had been wearing a ski suit to try and keep warm since a Russian attack on the capital’s energy infrastructure took out the power to her block among hundreds of others. But with nighttime temperatures plunging to minus-19 degrees Celsius (minus-2 Fahrenheit), she headed out to look for somewhere warmer, recharge her devices, and to continue working.