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Ukrainian engineers scramble to keep mobile phones working

A view of a phone tower of Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator Kyivstar seen, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. With Ukraine racing to keep communications lines open in wartime, the country's phone operators have mobilized more than usual to help people stay in touch — such as by revving up generators to power mobile towers after Russian strikes took out the electricity they usually run on. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko) Technicians Yuriy Dugnist, right, and Oleksandr Puhlenko, of Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator Kyivstar, fill up jerrycans with fuel from a gasoline station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. With Ukraine racing to keep communications lines open in wartime, the country's phone operators have mobilized more than usual to help people stay in touch — such as by revving up generators to power mobile towers after Russian strikes took out the electricity they usually run on. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko) Technician Oleksandr Puhlenko, of Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator Kyivstar, pours gasoline from a jerry can into a tank of a generator for phone tower on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. With Ukraine racing to keep communications lines open in wartime, the country's phone operators have mobilized more than usual to help people stay in touch — such as by revving up generators to power mobile towers after Russian strikes took out the electricity they usually run on. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko) Technicians Yuriy Dugnist, right, and Oleksandr Puhlenko, of Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator Kyivstar, deliver jerrycans with fuel to a phone tower on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. With Ukraine racing to keep communications lines open in wartime, the country's phone operators have mobilized more than usual to help people stay in touch — such as by revving up generators to power mobile towers after Russian strikes took out the electricity they usually run on. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko) A view of a phone tower of Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator Kyivstar seen in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. With Ukraine racing to keep communications lines open in wartime, the country's phone operators have mobilized more than usual to help people stay in touch — such as by revving up generators to power mobile towers after Russian strikes took out the electricity they usually run on. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)
Ukrainian engineers scramble to keep mobile phones working