Russia has launched waves of missiles and drones at Ukraine's energy infrastructure since October in an attempt to envelop an entire nation in cold and darkness. BrittClennett is in Borodyanka as Putin wages a war on the Ukrainian people’s power supply.
People walk through the partially destroyed town of Borodyanka on Jan. 2, 2023 in Borodyanka, Ukraine.“When you’re cooking, steam comes out of your mouth,” Svetalana told us, standing in her bitterly cold, pitch-black kitchen, near where seven months earlier a Russian bomb caused the windows to blow out and her bedroom walls to cave in.
Workers repair a roof of a house heavily damaged in the beginning of Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Dec. 15, 2022.Reaching over the stove to boil the kettle, Svetalana said, “Thankfully it’s gas. I made borscht yesterday, I needed to cook because we were told we wouldn’t have water for days.”
Svetlana, like many Borodyanka residents, is picking up the pieces after coming under heavy bombardment in the early days of the war in the spring of last year. Parts of this rural town, sitting around 30 miles northwest of Kyiv with a population of close to 15,000 before Russia's invasion, were razed to the ground by Russian bombers as Putin’s troops tried to close in on the capital.
While the stutter has since disappeared, remnants of the destruction continue to haunt Svetlana and her family. Despite attempts to renovate the shattered parts of her apartment, the energy crisis fanned by Russia's onslaught of missiles means Svetlana's rebuilding efforts during the winter months have virtually ground to a halt.
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