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🫠Kyiv could face “absolute hell” this winter, — The Economist
Russian strikes on the energy infrastructure could leave the capital without electricity, heating, water, and functioning sewage. According to the publication, Kyiv is especially vulnerable because of large centralized thermal power plants that cannot be fully protected.
In the worst-case scenario Kyiv could get about 4 hours of electricity per day instead of roughly 16 with the key substation operating.
“This city could collapse,” a Western diplomat told the publication. A Ukrainian official expects “absolute hell” as early as October and believes Russia will try to exploit people’s fatigue and exhaustion to provoke a new crisis.
The Economist sums it up bluntly: Russia has moved to a new phase of total war, and for Ukraine to get through it will need not only weapons and money, but also endurance.
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