Joy as street lights back on in Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Car headlights had been the main source of lighting in Kharkiv for more than a year, said Terekhov – Copyright AFP –

Street lighting has returned to Kharkiv, sparking joy in Ukraine’s second-largest city that has been plunged into darkness and shelled regularly by Russian forces for more than a year.

Public lighting was switched on for just under two hours in the city centre on Tuesday evening, an AFP journalist reported.

The decision followed talks between Mayor Igor Terekhov and security officials, city authorities said.

Kharkiv lies about forty kilometres (25 miles) from the Russian border and has been subjecte