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Marco Rubio: “In Kyiv, upwards of 50 to 60% of the day is spent without…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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BREAKING: Secretary Of State Marco Rubio Takes Question As He Departs G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting

Published | Video Starts at 09:47

The challenge is that Ukraine's energy grid has been diminished each year. So each year they start at a lower baseline than the year before. Now, I think In Kyiv, upwards of 50 to 60% of the day is spent without electrical power. And they've done a tremendous job of sort of rerouting their grid and trying to work around it. But that also means there are hours of the day where you can't. (09:47–09:54)

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