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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Families are bracing for a harsh winter after Russian missiles and drones rained on cities across Ukraine this week, hitting power plants and electricity stations and damaging around 30% of the country’s energy infrastructure. | Reuters

Families like Palii are bracing for a harsh winter after Russian missiles and drones rained on cities across Ukraine this week, hitting power plants and electricity stations and damaging around 30% of the country’s energy infrastructure.

“It is important to understand that Russian terrorists will try to use the cold as their weapon,” Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Wednesday. “Russia understood that Ukraine has a powerful energy system, and therefore … attacked distribution substations, which connected regions,” Podolyak said. Power has been restored to more than 4,000 towns and villages since the strikes, Shmyhal said, but warned of difficult times ahead.

It has also asked businesses to switch off outdoor advertising and said homes should be heated only up to a maximum of 18 degrees Celsius in the coming months.

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