Weaponizing winter: Russia escalates assault on Ukraine's energy infrastructure
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Russia continues to target Ukraine's power grid with winter strikes, leaving thousands without heat as freezing temperatures grip the country.
Russia is weaponizing winter, according to the CEO of Ukraine's largest energy company, who is urging Europe and NATO to take the Kremlin's relentless attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure seriously.
The strikes are forcing millions to cope without power in sub-freezing temperatures. Overnight, the major eastern city of Zaporizhzhia saw its electrical infrastructure pummeled by Russian drones and missiles.
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The attacks left 11,000 households without power, contributing to lengthy blackouts as freezing weather grips the country. Scripps News International Correspondent Jason Bellini spoke with one woman in Kyiv who was forced to abandon her apartment for a school serving as a heating center.
"The moment I understood that my lips are turning blue, I understood that I need to go to live somewhere else," the woman said. "It is not — I cannot put myself through it and I cannot put my cat through it. My cat is a Sphynx. He gets cold very easily."
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