Power restored to 800,000 in Kyiv after major Russian strikes on energy grid

Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine (Dan Bashakov/AP)

Power has been restored to more than 800,000 residents in Kyiv a day after major attacks by Russia on the Ukrainian power grid caused blackouts across much of the country.

Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK said on Saturday that “the main work to restore the power supply” had been completed, but that some localised outages were still affecting the Ukrainian capital following Friday’s “massive” Russian attacks.