A centralized heating system made sense to the Soviet Union, but now this legacy means that Ukraine risks freezing over the winter due to attacks. Yevdokiia survived a similar disaster before.
These days, due to health issues, I struggle with both extremes of heat & cold, but I used to prefer heat to cold. I am fortunate in that as a vulnerable person, should there be an interruption in my electricity supply, I am on a special register to ensure rapid assistance, so it is difficult to imagine surviving extreme cold plus the added terror of war. Unfortunately there is little I can do, but share your reports and your predicament.
Thank you for your fearless reporting. Please stay safe. I am now equating Putin’s right-winged American allies to Jeffrey Epstein’s scores of enablers: the drivers, the bankers, the pilots and the chefs. They might not have perpetuated those heinous crimes, but they are accomplices.
Unimaginable discomfort in Alchevsk in 2006. And overwhelming cold could threaten Ukraine this winter. Having grown up in NW Ontario in Canada and living many years on the Canadian prairie I know what bitter cold is and I know no one can function well for any length of time. Private generators must be part of the answer.
My only wish is for Ukraine to save some drones and missiles from the ones targeted for Russia’s oil and gas facilities and direct them to Russia’s electrical substations and central heating systems. Give them some of their own medicine. Rostov is not too far away. How about shutting down their electrical and heating systems for a start?
I HATE cold, but I'm on meds that make me prone to heat exhaustion (and, presumably, heat stroke). So while I can't imagine surviving in extreme cold, I might actually be able to survive that. But I feel for everyone who is dealing with this, because it's very hard to warm up when you get cold in your bones. I only hope one day, after Ukraine has prevailed, that there will be accountability for Putin and his puppets for the crimes against humanity that they are perpetrating in Ukraine.
These days, due to health issues, I struggle with both extremes of heat & cold, but I used to prefer heat to cold. I am fortunate in that as a vulnerable person, should there be an interruption in my electricity supply, I am on a special register to ensure rapid assistance, so it is difficult to imagine surviving extreme cold plus the added terror of war. Unfortunately there is little I can do, but share your reports and your predicament.
Writing this to you in the dark. Glad you are safe :)
I wish you & the whole team and your families were.
Thank you for your fearless reporting. Please stay safe. I am now equating Putin’s right-winged American allies to Jeffrey Epstein’s scores of enablers: the drivers, the bankers, the pilots and the chefs. They might not have perpetuated those heinous crimes, but they are accomplices.
Unimaginable discomfort in Alchevsk in 2006. And overwhelming cold could threaten Ukraine this winter. Having grown up in NW Ontario in Canada and living many years on the Canadian prairie I know what bitter cold is and I know no one can function well for any length of time. Private generators must be part of the answer.
My only wish is for Ukraine to save some drones and missiles from the ones targeted for Russia’s oil and gas facilities and direct them to Russia’s electrical substations and central heating systems. Give them some of their own medicine. Rostov is not too far away. How about shutting down their electrical and heating systems for a start?
I HATE cold, but I'm on meds that make me prone to heat exhaustion (and, presumably, heat stroke). So while I can't imagine surviving in extreme cold, I might actually be able to survive that. But I feel for everyone who is dealing with this, because it's very hard to warm up when you get cold in your bones. I only hope one day, after Ukraine has prevailed, that there will be accountability for Putin and his puppets for the crimes against humanity that they are perpetrating in Ukraine.