Ukrainians struggle with scorching heat amid power crisis


Margaryta Zakharchuk, 43, cools her 1-year-old daughter Vasilisa in a bathroom sink on an extremely hot day during power cuts, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 15, 2024. REUTERS/Yurii Kovalenko

KYIV (Reuters) - On some evenings, Ukrainian mother Margaryta Zakharchuk wanders around her neighbourhood in the sweltering heat waiting for the electricity to come back on so she can take the lift to her 12th-floor apartment.

"We walk around outside until 10 o'clock so we don't need to climb up with two kids," she said.

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