Bars, cafes, dance halls: 15 photos of how life continues in Ukraine after the Nazi photo of Italy’s new secretary of state causes a stir

It is currently dark in many places in Ukraine. Since the Russian military attacked important parts of the infrastructure, several cities have had little or no electricity. “Hundreds of communities” are affected, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal said. Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko spoke of “barbaric attacks by the aggressor”.

For the time being, many Ukrainian citizens will have to continue their lives without or with much less electricity. These 15 photos show how they do it.

The lack of electricity also creates additional challenges when driving. For example, on Independence Square in the capital Kiev.

If there is no electricity, the Ukrainians have to help themselves with older means. This 81-year-old woman chats with her daughter by candlelight in the kitchen.

A special atmosphere for dancers: a course in a gym in Kiev also requires candlelight.

Three people at a bar in Kiev – the darkness of night surrounds them.

A customer talks to the clerk in a cafe in Kiev. A candle is the only light source.

The owner of a gas station shop waits in the dark for the next customer.

It is also dark on the side of the road in the Kharkiv region. Drivers have to make do with their own light.

It’s even darker for the people in the Kiev metro station. On the way down people help each other with mobile phone flashlights.

In the city of Dnipro it is also dark almost everywhere at dusk on Tuesday. Only a few households have light.

Where electricity is not urgently needed, savings are made. For example with this Ferris wheel in Kiev.

The streets are also dark in Odessa. To get home safely, people need to have flashlights or cell phones at hand.

When there is traffic in Kiev, the trams will run, but also the traffic lights will continue to run for safety reasons.

A man with a headlight walks through the darkness of the streets of Kiev.

Supermarkets also save as much electricity as possible. This saleswoman uses candles to illuminate the goods at her cash register.

Probably the only advantage of the lack of electricity: the inhabitants of Mykolaiv will probably not be able to tolerate such a spectacular starry sky as here.