Ukraine races to repair power plants wrecked by Russian missiles before winter
- On Monday, November 9, Ukraine's Air Force reported Russia launched 317 drones, including 105 jet-propelled ones, in an overnight attack hitting 31 locations across Kyiv's energy infrastructure.
- The United Nations has classified deliberate attacks on energy infrastructure as war crimes, while the International Energy Agency warned on November 4 that sophisticated Russian drone technology threatens to outpace Ukraine's decentralized generation efforts.
- Over 30% of Ukrainian homes rely on district heating, leaving residents vulnerable; the November 3 strike cut water for 24 hours, and Kyiv resident Oleksandr Gramatskiy spent four hours waiting for electricity to reach his injured mother's apartment.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized Kyiv's winter preparation on November 6, while residents like Sofia Hohol protested against Mayor Vitali Klitschko, demanding the city repair destroyed power plants.
- Humanitarian coordinator Matthias Schmale warned that winter preparation must begin immediately, as the United Nations launched a $358.4 million appeal to support 2.1 million Ukrainians facing potential sanitation crises.
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The citizens of Ukraine are preparing for the arrival of a difficult winter, yet another in five years of war. The missile attacks and with Russian drones bring to their knees the country's electricity grid, with prolonged blackouts and absence of hot water for several hours a day. The winter conditions in Ukraine are very harsh, with temperatures that often fall to -20°C. To this is added the fact that the heating works thanks to the electricit…
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The Ukrainian electricity grid will face heavier Russian attacks this winter, predicts Maksym Timchenko, head of Ukraine's largest energy company. According to him, it is already difficult to cope with the bombardments. Russia is said to have significantly scaled up the attacks compared to last winter.
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rtl.luUkraine power grid faces fiercer Russian attacks this winter: CEO
Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid this winter could do "much more significant" damage to the country than in previous years, the head of Ukraine's largest power company warned in an interview with AFP.
As Russia pounds Ukraine's infrastructure, Kyiv faces winter blackouts
As temperatures fall, residents of Ukraine's capital face longer power and water cuts after repeated Russian strikes on energy infrastructure. Many are preparing for another difficult winter; others are leaving the city.
Ukraine races to repair power plants wrecked by Russian missiles before winter
Oleksiy, a technician at a Ukrainian power plant, has lost count of how many times he has had to repair the facility after Russian attacks. But the latest strike was the most devastating, he says, and could leave an entire region without heat and electricity this winter.
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