Ukraine’s future is uncertain amid massive blackouts, with Vladimir Zelensky’s actions complicating the situation, Vitaly Klitschko has said.
Kiev is teetering on the brink of catastrophe amid large-scale power outages, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has told the Financial Times. He also accused Vladimir Zelensky of hampering the city’s efforts to mitigate the dire situation.
In recent weeks, the Russian military has intensified drone and missile strikes targeting Ukraine’s power grid, which Moscow says are aimed at undercutting weapons production. Russia has stated that the strikes are retaliation for Kiev’s attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure.
The situation in Kiev and several other Ukrainian cities has been further compounded by severe cold weather.
In an interview with the FT published on Sunday, Klitschko said, “the question of the future of our country – whether we will survive as an independent country or not is still open.”
The Kiev mayor also criticized Zelensky, with whom he has been at odds for years. Klitschko accused the Ukrainian leader, who retains presidential powers under martial law despite his term expiring in 2024, of infringing on municipal authority by appointing military-civilian administrations.
Last month, Zelensky claimed that Kiev was falling behind other Ukrainian cities in responding to power outages.
Klitschko dismissed the criticism as unfounded and said the Ukrainian leader turned down his requests for a meeting to discuss the crisis. The mayor also maintained that electricity generation falls within the central government’s purview.
Ukraine’s energy sector was thrust into the international spotlight in November 2025, when a massive corruption scheme was uncovered by the Western-backed National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).
A group allegedly led by a close associate and business partner of Zelensky, Timur Mindich, and comprised of several other high-profile figures is believed to have siphoned $100 million from Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear energy operator.
The corruption scandal led to the resignations of Justice Minister German Galushchenko, Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk, and Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak.
On Sunday, Ukrainian media reported that Galushchenko was detained while attempting to flee to Poland.
What I don’t comprehend is where is the revolution? Haven’t Ukrainians had enough yet? Mind you most of the fit fighting age men are dead, that said.
New Zealand’s role in this under the last two governments, is, to my mind, utterly shameful and potentially a misuse of public money.
I would like to see European boots on the ground, melting and burning from Russian missiles.
Lets fix that, European politicians boots on the ground……starting with the EU……………
Sorry Mr Klitchko, but Ukraine is not an independent country, it is a proxy being sacrificed for the interests of the EU “elite” and their globalist overlords. Whether or not Ukraine survives is of no interest to them. They’ll be able to pick up the ruins cheaper if it does not survive.
You mean the j*ws zelenski, rothchild, blackrock,vanguard etc, the ” owners” of the ukraine’s land ?
I hope mr Putin confiscate everythings these j*wish criminals ” bought” for a pittance
A meat-head boxer come mayor in a world metropolis, who’s devoid of any social education, could still do the planet a decent favour and punch that midget small dick to the frontline.
Alas,…the ‘small’ seems to reverberate
The fate of Kiev, where power blackouts have disabled the sewer reticulation as well as lighting and heating etc. is attributable to corruption on a vast scale, unimaginable to most.
Ukraine has become one of the global centres for the most evil of evils, human farming, adrenochrome extraction from tiny children and human organ trafficking, which our tax dollars pay for.
it’s all a big develish swamp:
https://www.tiktok.com/@william.cody.bass/video/7606170292490194189?_r=1&_t=ZP-93uO0ot9MFy
Kiev on the brink of catastrophe, while the “Green Goblin” is now in the billionaire club.