Authorities order emergency imports of electricity as people struggle in subzero temperatures.
Authorities order emergency imports of electricity as people struggle in subzero temperatures.
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Ukraine’s energy minister has sounded an alarm over the energy situation as Russian strikes on the country’s infrastructure leave people shivering in subzero temperatures without heating or power.
Denys Shmyhal, who took office earlier this week, told parliament on Friday that there was “not a single power plant left in Ukraine that the enemy has not attacked”.
Ukraine struggles to restore heat, electricity as temperatures plummet to -19 degrees Celsius.
Thousands of Ukrainians are without power in temperatures well below freezing, due to ongoing Russian airstrikes.
Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure leave thousands without power in freezing winter temperatures.
DTEK boss Maxim Timchenko says the intensity of Russian strikes is so frequent there is no time to recover.
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