Russia-Ukraine war live updates: 'More than six million' Ukraine households affected by power cuts, Zelenskyy says

'More than six million' Ukraine households affected by power cuts, Zelenskyy says

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On Friday morning, electricity had been restored to meet about 70% of the country's needs, but rolling blackouts remained in place, Ukrenergo said in a statement, adding that priority was given to critical infrastructure facilities and efforts to reconnect household consumers were on.

​"Now the energy system is fully integrated; all regions are connected," said Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, chief executive of Ukrenergo, the national utility.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy went to the town of Vyshhorod just north of Kyiv on Friday to look at a four-storey building damaged by a Russian missile.

National power grid operator Ukrenergo said that as of 7 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), 30% of electricity supplies were still out, and asked people to cut back on their energy use.

Ukrainian authorities on Friday gradually restored power to millions of people left in the dark after the most devastating Russian air strikes so far, aided by the reconnection of the country's four nuclear plants.

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