Though Russian attacks have become less effective, the damage to Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been significant. The country is now bracing for the onset of winter
have struck targets near Makariv, including an electric substation, triggering blackouts. Russia resumed its attacks on October 31st, firing more than 50 cruise missiles against Ukraine.
By nightfall, much of the capital was pitch dark. Such is the scale of the problem, and the danger of further attacks, that officials have asked those Ukrainians who escaped to other European countries to stay there; in the past few months, several million have returned. The head of Naftogaz, the state energy company, has told Ukrainians to prepare for the “worst winter” in its history.
But the system remains vulnerable to Russian attacks. Cities, which usually depend on a few large combined heat and power plants, are at higher risk than towns, which tend to rely on smaller and more numerous boiler houses. The Russians have attempted to destroy every one of Kyiv’s main plants, says Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential administration. Were they to succeed, most of the capital’s 2m residents would risk going cold.
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