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Continued attacks on energy infrastructure: Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has suffered “colossal” damage from Russian attacks, with “practically no thermal or hydroelectric stations” unaffected by the attacks, although if repairs can be made to the facilities, the country has sufficient fuel reserves to last the winter. Electricity supply in Kyiv has been cut by 60 percent. Ukraine expects regular blackouts to continue in some form until the end of March; six million people are in blackouts now. Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, Europe regional director of the World Health Organization, said that “this winter will be about survival,” with “life-threatening [conditions] for millions of Ukrainians.” The US will send increased aid to help restore electricity service in Ukraine. Ukraine’s “top priority” is to receive transformers, as Russian attacks are “focusing on fragmentation of the grid into small isolated units” as winter approaches.
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