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Power cuts due to massive Russian strikes on Kyiv this week have hit the Ukrainian economy hard, but business owners are not giving up even as a brutal winter sets in, said FRANCE 24’s correspondent in the Ukrainian capital. Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has called for more Western support to help increasing reconstruction costs following the latest Russian escalation. Follow our coverage of the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
7:39am: Power cuts cause ‘huge headaches’ for business owners
Reporting from Kyiv, FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg says this week’s massive Russian strikes in western Ukraine have crippled the country’s economy. But business leaders are determined to wage an economic resistance.