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Kyiv's bridges and power network face pressure as residents adapt underground

A Ukrainian report follows stalled trams, protected gas stations and maternity shelters, while questioning whether drone attacks could isolate parts of the capital.

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ПЛАН ІЗОЛЯЦІЇ СТОЛИЦІ? Як вижити у Києві та адаптуватися до блекаутів і постійних атак

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0:46The correspondent visits a school the report says was struck by a Russian drone during lessons.
1:18Classes continue in an equipped basement, with power cuts interrupting the school day.
2:54A maternity hospital shows its shelter and autonomous equipment for deliveries during attacks and outages.
5:29Ukrnafta's chairman explains how mesh and sand structures protect gas stations from shrapnel.
6:08An energy expert describes distribution problems; a tram driver recounts hours-long stoppages caused by power cuts.
7:24Military expert Andrii Tkachuk interprets bridge attacks as intimidation and disputes their capacity to destroy the crossings.

Attacks on bridges and electricity infrastructure threaten more than Kyiv's power supply: they disrupt movement across a capital spread over both banks of the Dnipro River. A Ukrainian television report examines those pressures alongside the underground classrooms and maternity facilities keeping essential services operating.

Posted by Ukraine's Television News Service, TSN (ТСН), the ICTV report for the United News joint broadcast follows correspondent Khrystyna Havrysh through a city adapting to repeated air alerts and blackouts. Its question about a plan to isolate the capital remains an assessment of Russian intentions, not an established operational plan.

Gas stations are shown surrounded by protective mesh and sand structures. Ukrnafta board chairman Bohdan Kukura explains their role in shielding facilities from shrapnel. Energy expert Hennadii Riabtsev describes difficulties distributing electricity, while tram driver Yehor Avramenko recounts hours-long stoppages when power fails. At a shopping mall, largely empty sales floors illustrate another consequence: a clothing-store worker says business has dried up.

The report also describes Russian drone strikes on bridges across the Dnipro. Military expert Andrii Tkachuk argues that attacks of the kind discussed cannot destroy the bridges and interprets them as an effort to frighten civilians. His assessment distinguishes the threat of disruption from the stronger suggestion that the city could be physically divided.

Elsewhere, Havrysh visits a school the report says was struck by a Russian drone during the school day. Lessons continue in an equipped basement. Principal Valentyna Chorna points out the electricity going off during filming, while pupils describe why they still prefer learning together in person.

At a maternity hospital, staff show a bomb shelter equipped to support deliveries independently during outages. Obstetrics department head Liudmyla Manzhula and an expectant mother describe the strain of giving birth under attack. Another mother says her husband, a serviceman, was able to attend the birth while on leave; she is also considering what the family would do if electricity cuts became prolonged.

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