It will take months to restore Kyiv's own electricity generation capacity, so power cuts will continue in the city for the foreseeable future. “Now there is virtually no power generation within Kyiv, which significantly complicates the operation of the power transmission network. Power generation within Kyiv was, to a certain extent, a mainstay for meeting the needs of a huge energy hub,” Kharchenko said. I think Kyiv will have power outages for quite a long time,” the expert said. As reported, Kyiv switched to temporary power outage schedules at the beginning of the day on January 29.