Ukrainian engineers scramble to keep mobile phones working:
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Ukrainian engineers keep mobile networks running under attackAfter Russian strikes caused power outages, teams fuel cell towers with diesel generators and monitor them through an app.
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- After emergency blackouts on November 23, Kyivstar deployed 15 engineering teams simultaneously to troubleshoot service.
- The teams filled eight 20-liter jerrycans with diesel for a generator serving a 50-meter tower.
- Kyivstar has about 26 million customers, equivalent to roughly two-thirds of Ukraine’s prewar population.
- A Kyivstar engineer recalled reaching a destroyed tower near Irpin before Ukrainian minesweepers had given clearance.
"Special attention is paid to the communication system," he said, adding that no matter what the Russia has in mind, "we must maintain communication."— Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President, after convening top officials to discuss restoration work and supplies needed to safeguard the country’s energy and communication systems.
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