In the wake of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s fragile energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for 50 million LED lightbulbs which would save around one gigawatt of power and reduce the current shortfall by about 40 per cent.
He made the appeal on Tuesday while virtually addressing an international aid conference hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Since Russia launched its large scale missile strikes in October, millions across Ukraine are without power with winter temperatures plunging to below zero in parts of the war-torn nation.
Some regions now have electricity only for a few hours a day. Blackouts, both scheduled and unscheduled, have affected almost every part of Ukraine, some lasting days at a time.
