​For Ukraine, Keeping the Lights On Has Become One of the Biggest Battles

"KYIV, Ukraine — Russia is turning winter into a weapon, even as its soldiers flail on the battlefield. In a relentless and intensifying barrage of missiles fired from ships at sea, batteries on land and planes in the sky, Moscow is destroying Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, depriving millions of heat, light and clean water. Keeping the lights on for the majority of the millions of people who live in cities and towns far from the front — and keeping those places functioning through the winter — is now one of the greatest challenges Ukraine faces. President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Wednesday night, ‘If we survive this winter, and we will definitely survive it, we will definitely win this war.’ ...”

Employees working last week to repair a transformer at an electrical substation damaged by a Russian missile strike in central Ukraine.

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