Ukrainians brace for blackouts, hard winter after Russia pummels power grid

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Ukrainians brace for blackouts, hard winter after Russia pummels power grid
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Russian missiles and drones have hit power plants, electricity stations, damaging 30 per cent of the country’s energy infrastructure

She started to play with her four-month-old baby boy, Vova, by the light of her mobile phone.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.

“Before Monday I knew that shelling could happen. I tried to stay calm, even though we were scared and cried a little. My husband didn’t let me panic. If I panic, it will rub off on my child. He needs calm parents,” she said.President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s government said power had been restored to millions of people, but warned Ukrainians to prepare for more blackouts and asked people to cut down on their electricity use wherever possible.

Zelenskiy adviser Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters that the government had prepared for strikes on critical infrastructure and managed to prevent the power grid from overloading, thanks also to an appeal to people to cut back on electricity use. Power has been restored to more than 4,000 towns and villages since the strikes, Shmyhal said, but warned of difficult times ahead.

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