“Winter is coming, that’s our priority.” Ukraine will get temporary shelters from the cold from the EU

There is a difficult energy situation in Ukraine. This is the result of massive missile attacks by Russia. For several weeks, they have been destroying electrical substations and CHP plants. The executive director of the Ukrainian concern DTEK, Dmytro Sacharuk, informed that about 40 percent of the inhabitants of Ukraine currently do not have electricity and there are no signs that the situation will improve in the near future. He added that Ukrainians will no longer have to deal with planned power outages, but with planned power outages. In many regions, electricity will be turned on for 2-3 hours.

Only on Tuesday, as a result of massive attacks, the Russians destroyed 15 energy infrastructure facilities. Also on Thursday, Russian missiles fell on a number of objects.

The EU will help Ukraine survive the winter

Winters in Ukraine are usually long and cold, and there is no indication that the war will end before the start of this season. Anyway, in Kherson, for example, the first snow has already fallen. In this city, recently recaptured from the occupiers, the situation is extremely difficult.

Although the people of Kherson are finally free, before any humanitarian aid is allowed, soldiers must check whether roads, buildings and key facilities such as water supply lines are safe and have not been mined by the Russians.

“Winter is coming and this is our top priority when it comes to humanitarian aid,” stressed EU Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarcic, adding that “Russia’s systematic destruction of critical infrastructure in Ukraine” has made winter support even more more important.

The Commissioner emphasized that the European Union announced that it would provide Ukrainians with temporary shelters against the cold, generators and kits for repairing the power grid. In addition, EU member states were asked to prepare for an additional influx of refugees from Ukraine in the winter.

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This week, British intelligence reported that the approaching winter would seriously complicate the conditions of fighting at the front in the war in Ukraine. As he emphasized, in the conditions of frost and poor medical protection, the chances of a wounded Russian soldier to survive are halved. Therefore, it is not advantageous for Russia to wage war in winter.