Ukrainians dance in the dark to battle power cuts
Alla, Oleksandr and their daughter Ulyana experience energy blackouts on a daily basis
By James Waterhouse
BBC News in Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Russia's continuing assault on Ukraine's energy infrastructure with missile and drone strikes has seen the country's power reportedly cut by a third, with the grid operator now urging people to cut their electricity usage as much as they can.
In the central city of Kremenchuk, residents are dealing with blackouts every couple of hours. And yet, the BBC finds, people are determined to stay the course.
"Russia thinks Ukraine is weaker because of the power outages," says 12-year-old Ulyana. "That there'll be no nation left."
Sitting next to her parents in their dark flat, she is under no illusions why they've spent weeks with limited power.
Moscow is trying to pressurise places it can't reach by destroying their energy facilities.
As a result an estimated 4.5 million Ukrainians - including families like Ulyana's - have experienced blackouts. Some are planned, some are not, as energy suppliers try to both carry out repairs and conserve power.
In Kremenchuk, one of the worst affected areas, the mobile phone signal and internet are also limited, which means Ulyana cannot look up what she does not understand at school.
"Everyone understands it's not working," says her father Oleksandr. "The Russians can only make people angrier, and for them to want no Russian soldier to be left on the territory of Ukraine."
Alla agrees: "If we run away, who will be saving this country?"
The darkness that surrounds their home embodies Ukraine's struggle with the approaching winter.