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As cities across the world deck the streets with lights in readiness for Christmas, Ukraine has been plunged into regular black outs.

Russia, having pulled back many of its soldiers, is now launching missile attacks on Ukraine's power infrastructure.

But in spite of the restrictions in the capital, Kyiv's darkened concert halls are coming alive again by the light of LED candles.

Irina Mikolaenko is the concert administrator.

As work continues to reconnect the country's energy and water supplies, there are fears that the cold winter weather could provoke a health crisis and more people fleeing from the country.

For artist Yuriy Solukha, the concerts help calm people's anxiety and bring them together.

According to the country's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, electricity providers now have 70 percent coverage.

However, regular power cuts continue in the various regions to conserve resources.

A special app allows residents, across the country, to check which parts of their city will have planned black outs and when.

In addition, 5,000 'invincibility centres' have been set up to allow people to charge their devices, connect to the internet and warm up.

But this is only a fraction of what is needed for a country whose pre-war population was 40 million.

Coming together for the concerts helps people keep warm and enjoy live music when there's no power for the television, radio or data networks.

And for the concert goers, they're also a symbol of resilience.

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