Once a boxing champion, Kyiv's mayor is up against a challenge bigger than any he faced in the ring: keeping Ukraine’s capital functioning during a war. Vitali Klitschko, who spoke with AP, is an extraordinary mayor, in extraordinarily difficult times.
against an invader, Russia, seemingly intent on destroying all those things — with repeated barrages of missiles and exploding drones that have battered Ukraine’s power grid and other key infrastructure.
. In a city with ubiquitous wifi and where most anything could be done online, rolling hours-long electricity cuts are the horrid new norm for many. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian strikes have damaged around half of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.In blacked-out Kyiv restaurants, diners feel their way through meals in near-darkness, served by waiters carrying candles.
Klitschko’s guess is that Putin’s strategy is to heap so much misery on Ukrainians that they give up fighting.“After every rocket attack, I talk to the people, to simple civilians. They not depressed,” he said. “They were angry, angry and ready to stay and defend our houses, our families and our future.”
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