Lights went off while Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was talking to the Guardian correspondent during the interview in Kyiv. The video was released by presidential press service on Monday (November 10). At the beginning of the conversation, the lights went off and were restored immediately after. Since the start of Russian invasion almost four years ago, Russia has made a point of attacking the power sector as the need for heating grows. Frequent Russian attacks on energy infrastructure cause power deficit and force authorities to introduce rolling blackouts. Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles in overnight attacks on Ukraine, targeting substations that supply two nuclear power plants and killing seven people, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday (November 8).

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VIDEO SHOWS: UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY TALKING WITH THE GUARDIAN JOURNALIST DURING INTERVIEW, LIGHTS GOING OFF

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SHOWS: KYIV, UKRAINE (RELEASED NOVEMBER 10, 2025) (UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE - ACCESS ALL )

1. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY TALKING WITH THE GUARDIAN JOURNALIST LUKE HARDING DURING INTERVIEW / LIGHTS GOING OFF

2. ZELENSKIY LOOKING ON / HARDING SAYING OFF CAMERA (ENGLISH): "HARD TIMES."

3. ZELENSKIY AND HARDING DURING INTERVIEW / (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

"ELECTRICITY... "

HARDING SAYING (ENGLISH): "ELECTRICITY IS GONE? IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE?" / LIGHT IS BACK

ZELENSKIY SAYING (ENGLISH): "NOT EVERYTHING."

HARDING SAYING (ENGLISH): "OK, OK! OH MY GOD!"

ZELENSKIY SAYING (UKRAINIAN): "IT IS OFF, ISN'T IT?"

UNKNOWN MAN SAYING OFF CAMERA (ENGLISH): "WE ARE SWITCHING TO GENERATOR RIGHT NOW."

4. (SOUNDBITE) (UKRAINIAN) UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

"THIS IS OUR NORMAL DAILY CONDITIONS." / TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH OVERLAYING

8. SOUNDBITE (ARABIC) AMAL ANTIZ, MOHAMMED ANTIZ'S DAUGHTER (PARTIALLY OVERLAID WITH SHOT 9):

"WE REALLY WANT TO EAT MEAT, OR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD IT. ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT JUST ME, MY SISTERS FEEL THE SAME WAY. WE ALL WANT TO EAT DELICIOUS FOOD, MEAT, MEAT ROLLS, FRUIT, BANANAS, ORANGES. WE ALSO WANT TO GO OUT FOR A WALK AND HAVE SOME FUN."

++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++

9. VARIOUS OF DAUGHTERS WITHIN TENT

++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++

10. VARIOUS OF MOHAMMED'S FAMILY SEEING PHOTO ALBUM TOGETHER

11. VARIOUS OF MOHAMMED, HIS DAUGHTER BEING TOGETHER

12. MOHAMMED COOKING

13. SOUNDBITE (ARABIC) MOHAMMED ANTIZ, DISPLACED PERSON (STARTING WITH SHOT 12/ENDING WITH SHOT 14):

"LIFE NOW IS JUST SUFFERING. WE'RE IN PAIN 24 HOURS A DAY. THERE’S NO WATER, NO HEAT, NO