It's really tiring, to be honest, when you don't go outside and you don't see the sun, when there's no light and you can't just go down to the store. Since the start of the year, Ukraine says Russia has attacked the energy grid more than 217 times, including at least six strikes that damaged all three of Kyiv's major combined heat and power plants. The strikes and blackouts are so common, Kyiv created invincibility points, fitted with heat, power, water and food, a tent where Kyiv residents can find brief distraction from the war; 79-year-old Vyacheslav Piontovsky and his 78-year-old wife, Kateryna, live on the 12th floor of a nearby apartment building.
Author: Nick Schifrin, Amanda Bailey
Published at: 2026-02-17 23:45:22
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