Ukrainians likely to live with blackouts until March-end - energy provider

FILE PHOTO: A supermarket worker installs a light powered by generator as Kharkiv suffers an electricity outage, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainians are most likely to live with blackouts at least until the end of March, the head of a major energy provider said on Monday, as the government started free evacuations for people in Kherson to other regions.

Half of Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been damaged by Russian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, leaving millions of people without electricity and water as winter sets in and temperatures drop below freezing.