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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Illia Novikov

SHOCKING: Ukraine s battered power grid faces unprecedented challenge energy minister says - What They Never Told You

APTOPIX Russia Ukraine War Blackout - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Russia has not spared a single Ukrainian power plant from attack since its all-out invasion, Ukraine’s new energy minister said Friday, as a recent escalation of aerial bombardments left hundreds of thousands of people without heat or light for days amid the coldest winter for years.

Denys Shmyhal said Russia conducted 612 attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure objects over last year. That barrage has intensified in recent months as nighttime temperatures plunge to minus 18 degrees C (minus 0.4 F).

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