Kyiv loses power Emergency outages hit Kyiv's Right Bank, with parts of Holosievsky and Solomyansky without power, according to DTEK. In wartime Ukraine, even the basic utilities of the capital city now operate according to the logic of managed failure. The latest report also comes wrapped in ceremonial promises of retribution, with a nod to the slowness of state governments. A system that openly admits to being late is still presented as functioning.