As winter approaches, the military administration of Ukraine tries to help the elderly people who are stuck in the villages by supplying them. Pensions are not enough for firewood or gas.
The everyday reality of Ukraine is crystallized in rural villages, where persistent residents try to heat their houses with wood.
In Slovyansk, the head of the local military administration Vadym Liakh says in an interview on Ukrainian television that the most vulnerable residents, such as pensioners and the disabled, are given free blocks and briquettes. Each household receives 14 sacks of briquettes.
Villager Serhi complains in front of his home that his pension is not even enough for firewood.
The house has been connected to the gas network. In order to save money, Serhi still only uses a wood stove, which can be used to prepare food at the same time.
Help is needed in Donetsk, which is located close to territory still held by Russia.
The night temperature will soon drop to freezing
In Slovjansk, the Ukrainian military administration is also concerned with arranging heating for apartment buildings. According to Liakh, the local forestry company cannot supply enough firewood for the needs of the villages, but it must be obtained from Kramatorsk.
November also gets colder in the Donetsk region. Rain is forecast for Friday, and next week the night temperatures will drop to freezing. (you switch to another service)
Along with rural villages, the entire Ukrainian energy supply is on the verge of collapse. CEO of Ukrenerho company Volodymyr Kudrytskyi warns of a humanitarian crisis if the power grid is destroyed by Russian attacks.
– Russia is trying to destroy especially Ukraine’s energy supply, which tens of millions of people depend on, he said, according to Britain’s Guardian newspaper. (you switch to another service)
“The worst missile attack on the power grid in history”
Kudrytskyi described that the worst missile attack on the power grid in history is underway. As a result, almost all of Ukraine’s large non-nuclear energy plants have been attacked.
Serhi, who lives in the Donetsk region, experiences the energy crisis in his own everyday life. Wearing a beanie, he says in an interview on Ukrainian television in his kitchen that in order to save firewood, the stove only heats one room, and the others are cold and closed.
A pensioner seeking help from the agency in Slovjansk I would be tells you that you have to manage without gas heating. The thin consolation is that there is still some firewood to chop.
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