Kyiv zoo battles to keep animals warm as city shivers through power crisis


East African striped hyena gather in an aviary, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in zoo in Kyiv, Ukraine January 22, 2026. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KYIV, Jan ‌23 (Reuters) - Staff at Kyiv's zoo are toiling around the clock to ‌keep Tony the gorilla and other animals warm as Russian ‌air strikes target Ukraine's energy infrastructure amid freezing winter temperatures.

Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko repeated his appeal on Friday to citizens to seek temporary shelter outside the city amid fears of ‍further strikes. That is not an option ‍for 51-year-old Tony, however, or ‌the zoo's other long-suffering residents.

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