Western Ukraine, distant from the frontlines, feels the burdens of war
LVIV, Ukraine — Alina Pidchenko, her husband Serhii and their three children — ages 11, 9, and 3 months — now live in a single room in a camp of prefabricated housing for displaced Ukrainians on the edge of Lviv, the main city in Western Ukraine, about an hour’s drive from the border with Poland.
Last Saturday, in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, a missile strike destroyed an apartment building, killing at least 40 people. Local officials and residents in Western Ukraine say they are equally at risk. But some missiles manage to avoid Ukraine’s air defenses. The solution lies in the West supplying more and better air defense systems, Sadovyi said — but the commitments so far, including one Patriot system from the United States, are unlikely to be enough.
Still, Moscow is well aware that E.U. energy imports are possible and has repeatedly targeted substations in the Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk region to stop them. “The main issue is not just to make blackouts in western Ukraine — it was and is to disconnect Ukraine from the European grid,” said Mariia Tsaturian, a spokesperson for Ukrenergo.
The family’s room is crammed with two bunk beds, a crib, children’s toys, and possessions hanging from the walls.
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