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Winter will be life-threatening for millions in Ukraine as Russia destroys energy infrastructure, WHO says The Associated Press · Posted: Nov 22, 2022 1:18 PM ET | Last Updated: 6 hours ago Elderly people receive food and gloves from a charity organization in a snow-covered street in Kyiv, Ukraine, last week. Millions of Ukrainians are facing severe power disruptions after recent waves of Russian missile and drone strikes. (Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images) Ukraine could face rolling blackouts across the country through March, an energy expert said, due to what another official described Tuesday as the "colossal" damage done to Ukraine's power grid by relentless Russian airstrikes. Ukrainians are being told to stock up on supplies and evacuate hard-hit areas. "Although there are fewer blackouts now, I want everyone to understand: Most likely, Ukrainians will have to live with blackouts until at least the end of March," said Sergey Kovalenko, CEO of private energy provider DTEK Yasno. "I think we need to be prepared for different options, even the worst ones. Stock up on warm clothes, blankets, think about what will help you wait out a long shutdown," he said, addressing Ukrainian residents. Russia has been pummelling Ukraine's power grid and other infrastructure from the air for weeks, as the war approaches its nine-month milestone. That onslaught has caused widespread blackouts and deprived millions of Ukrainians of electricity, heat and water. Ukraine investigating claim that Russian soldiers were shot as they tried to surrender Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday in a video speech to a French municipal group that Russian missile strikes have destroyed nearly half of the country's energy facilities "to turn the cold of winter into a weapon of mass destruction." Later, in his nightly video address, he announced the establishment of "Points of Invincibility" where people can gather for electricity, mobile communications, internet access, heat, water and first aid. Snow already falling Temperatures commonly stay below freezing in Ukraine in the winter, dropping to –20 C or even lower in some regions, and snow has already fallen in many areas, including Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities are evacuating civilians from recently liberated sections of the southern Kherson and Mykolaiv regions out of fear the winter will be too hard to survive. Kyiv is pictured during a partial blackout on Tuesday. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) "This winter will be life-threatening for millions of p yahoo news news articles news and observer news and advance news articles today news anchor news anchor salary news and record news austin news around the world news and tribune arsenal news arsenal transfer news afghanistan news ary news live a news article a newspaper about chelsea news a news aggregator is a service that a newspaper article news break news bbc news boston news bias chart news background news bg news biden news boys news bloopers news banner breaking news bbc world news bbc news live boxing news breaking news today bitcoin news bbc news ni bihar news by news 9 news channel 5 news channel 9 news channel 3 news channel 2 news channel 10 news channel 8 news chicago news conference delphi murders news center maine news channel 13

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