World news: Ukraine braced for months of blackouts as Russian strikes ‘damage more than half of energy facilities’
Ukrainians are braced for months of power blackouts after Russian attacks on the country’s power grid have “damaged more than 50 percent of its energy facilities,” according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. One of the country’s energy chiefs has warned blackouts will likely continue “until at least the end of March” and urged Ukrainians to “stock up on warm clothes [and] blankets.”
“I think we need to be prepared for different options, even the worst ones. Stock up on warm clothes, blankets, think about what will help you wait out a long shutdown.”It comes as the World Health Organisation warned millions of Ukrainians face a “life-threatening” winter as temperatures commonly remain below freezing in Ukraine in the winter months.
On Tuesday morning, Ukrainian officials reported overnight shelling by Russian forces in several regions – eastern Donetsk, where the fighting is focused, northern Sumy, which borders Russia, and south-eastern Dnipropetrovsk. In the partially occupied Donetsk region, the city of Avdiivka was most affected by the shelling, Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Telegram.
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