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On the 277th day of the

, with sub-zero temperatures

, millions of people still living in and around Kiev still have little electricity and heating, forcing

across the country.

President

said that there are restrictions on the use of electricity in 14 of Ukraine's 27 regions and in Kiev, for "more than 100,000" customers in each of the regions.

"Before they would destroy with hunger, now with darkness and cold," he added.

Hundreds of civilians continue to pour out of Kherson, the city in southern Ukraine whose reconquest they had celebrated just a few weeks earlier, due to Russian bombing for the Ukraine war.

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Snow will cover kyiv from today and power supply remains low

Heavy snowfall is expected in Kiev starting this Sunday, with

, while millions of people still living in and around the Ukrainian capital remain

Grid operator Ukrenergo said on Saturday that power producers

, forcing restrictions and blackouts across the country.

President Volodimir Zelensky said that there are

, for "more than 100,000" customers in each of the regions.

"If consumption increases at night, the number of cuts may increase," Zelenski said in his late-night video address, Reuters reports.

"This shows once again how important it is now to save energy and consume it rationally."

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Ukraine collects pledges of support on the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor

Ukraine on Saturday racked up pledges of support against Moscow on the

, the famine deliberately caused by the Stalinist regime in the 1930s that has taken on new resonance since the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky assured his people that

which regularly cause massive power and water cuts when winter temperatures set in.

"Ukrainians have been through really terrible things. And despite everything, they have retained their ability to not submit and their love of freedom. Before they wanted to destroy us with hunger,

," Zelensky said in a statement. video published on Telegram collected by Afp.

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