EU president visits memorial wall and emergency services in Kyiv

#Kanal13​ #likekanal13​ #subscribekanal13 #warinukraine - SUBSCRIBE TO US! European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen inspected a generator that had been provided to the bloc to Ukraine as winter approaches. That happened during her visit to Kyiv on Friday. Von der Leyen arrived in Ukraine earlier in the day focused on helping the country to repair and reconnect its war-damaged electricity grid and boost its heating capacity as winter approaches. Around half of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been destroyed during its war with Russia, and rolling electricity blackouts leave parts of the east in darkness for four hours at a time. Von der Leyden said it was as though all of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia had lost electricity. Meanwhile, winter is approaching. The main aim is to help Ukraine decentralize its power grid, and to become less reliant on the big power stations that make