A street musician plays in Kyiv while there is still a power shortage.
(Photo: Reuters)
Ukraine wants to triple the number of its “invincibility centers”. Around 5000 such facilities in heated tents or vehicles are currently in the cities. People warm up in it, charge the batteries of their mobile phones and other devices, use the Internet. The need for these defiantly named emergency stations could increase in the coming days. Russia will “do everything to cut electricity from Ukrainians by the New Year,” the country’s Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal said on Monday.
The Russian military has not yet succeeded in doing this, despite a series of airstrikes on the energy infrastructure since October. The fact that the electricity starts flowing again after blackouts in most parts of the country – and with it water and heat – is not only due to the tireless repair teams of the energy suppliers and network operators. Two lucky coincidences help.
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