In Kyiv, hundreds of multi-story residential buildings remain without heating.
While Russian strikes on energy infrastructure and thermal generation have had virtually no effect on the front line, they have plunged civilians in the capital and other cities into darkness and cold during one of the harshest winters in memory.
The resulting mass shutdown of electricity and heating in Kyiv, with temperatures dropping to -20°C (-4° F), has put those who are least protected at risk – the elderly, people with disabilities, those with limited mobility, and those without relatives.
(Photo of Mrs. Bardash). She lives alone in a building that has had no heating for two weeks and practically no electricity after Russian strikes.
It’s only 11°C (52°F) inside, as we can see on the thermometer in her living room.