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A vendor waits for customers during a power cut at Bessarabsky market in downtown Kyiv on November 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - For much of the past month, Russian strikes have heavily targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, severely damaging the electricity network. To ease the strain on the grid and avoid a total blackout, national energy operator Ukrenergo has imposed controlled power cuts in the capital and elsewhere across the war-torn country. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor waits for customers during a power cut at Bessarabsky market in downtown Kyiv on November 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - For much of the past month, Russian strikes have heavily targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, severely damaging the electricity network. To ease the strain on the grid and avoid a total blackout, national energy operator Ukrenergo has imposed controlled power cuts in the capital and elsewhere across the war-torn country. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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A vendor waits for customers during a power cut at Bessarabsky market in downtown Kyiv on November 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - For much of the past month, Russian strikes have heavily targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, severely damaging the electricity network. To ease the strain on the grid and avoid a total blackout, national energy operator Ukrenergo has imposed controlled power cuts in the capital and elsewhere across the war-torn country. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor waits for customers during a power cut at Bessarabsky market in downtown Kyiv on November 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - For much of the past month, Russian strikes have heavily targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, severely damaging the electricity network. To ease the strain on the grid and avoid a total blackout, national energy operator Ukrenergo has imposed controlled power cuts in the capital and elsewhere across the war-torn country. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - A vendor shows his goods to a customer during a power cut at Bessarabsky market in downtown Kyiv on November 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - For much of the past month, Russian strikes have heavily targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, severely damaging the electricity network. To ease the strain on the grid and avoid a total blackout, national energy operator Ukrenergo has imposed controlled power cuts in the capital and elsewhere across the war-torn country. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A vendor shows his goods to a customer during a power cut at Bessarabsky market in downtown Kyiv on November 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - For much of the past month, Russian strikes have heavily targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, severely damaging the electricity network. To ease the strain on the grid and avoid a total blackout, national energy operator Ukrenergo has imposed controlled power cuts in the capital and elsewhere across the war-torn country. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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This photograph taken on November 5, 2022, shows Iren Rozdobudko, a 60-year-old writer and lecturer at the university, performing her hobby of restoring a vintage doll, by candlelight during a power cut in the building in the north of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. - Since October 10, the Ukrainian electrical system has been heavily affected by multiple Russian strikes that have targeted the energy infrastructure. In order to avoid a total blackout, the national operator Ukrenergo has implemented scheduled power cuts in the capital as well as in many cities and regions of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on November 5, 2022, shows Iren Rozdobudko, a 60-year-old writer and lecturer at the university, performing her hobby of restoring a vintage doll, by candlelight during a power cut in the building in the north of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. - Since October 10, the Ukrainian electrical system has been heavily affected by multiple Russian strikes that have targeted the energy infrastructure. In order to avoid a total blackout, the national operator Ukrenergo has implemented scheduled power cuts in the capital as well as in many cities and regions of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on October 24, 2022, shows visitors eating lunch by candlelight due to a power cut at a bar in the center of Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. - Since October 10, the Ukrainian electrical system has been heavily affected by multiple Russian strikes that have targeted the energy infrastructure. In order to avoid a total blackout, the national operator Ukrenergo has implemented scheduled power cuts in the capital as well as in many cities and regions of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on October 24, 2022, shows visitors eating lunch by candlelight due to a power cut at a bar in the center of Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. - Since October 10, the Ukrainian electrical system has been heavily affected by multiple Russian strikes that have targeted the energy infrastructure. In order to avoid a total blackout, the national operator Ukrenergo has implemented scheduled power cuts in the capital as well as in many cities and regions of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
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