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Crimean families queue for hot meals as Ukraine hits power supply
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Cities and towns across Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, have had to cope with limited fuel supplies for much of the summer amid Ukrainian attacks on power plants and other infrastructure.
Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementStanding beside boiling vats of buckwheat, later to be added to plates of reheated tinned beef, Massandra town administration head Oksana Madyud said her workers were serving roughly 200 people per day.
"We're preparing hot meals for people, as under the current circumstances not everyone has the means to cook hot food on electric hobs," she said.
Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAnother older resident, Alexandra, said she had been lured down by the smell of the lunch after going without electricity for 10 days.
"They turned it back on today, at 4 o'clock" in the afternoon, but she wasn't sure the lights would still be on when she returned home, she added.