More Misery For Ukrainians As Temperatures Plummet Amid Attacks On Utilities

With temperatures expected to fall further, these residents of recently liberated Kherson struggle for supplies at an aid distribution center on November 17. Kyiv says that 10 million Ukrainians were left without power after the latest wave of missile strikes by Russia.

More residents line up for aid in Kherson.

While work is under way to restore power, authorities have cautioned that it is being slowed down by land mines planted by retreating Russian forces.

The national electricity company noted that the wave of Russian rocket attacks on November 15 damaged 15 energy facilities; as a result, thousands of kilometers of main high-voltage lines are not working.

With worries of fuel shortages increasing, drivers in Kherson are stocking up.

Extremely long lines form for fuel in Kherson on November 17.

Many residents in the Russian-controlled city of Mariupol are also dealing with no electricity, water, or gas supplies, such as this man warming himself by a fire on November 16.

Russia has promised rebuilding projects in Mariupol, which suffered widespread destruction, but many of the southern city's remaining residents, such as Aleksandra Zelenskaya, 68, are left on their own in dire conditions.

Mariupol resident Halyna Shevtsova lives in the basement of this shattered building with her husband, Pavlo.
 

Pavlo shows off the cold, dark basement where he and Halyna have lived since their home was destroyed in March.



 

Kyiv after its first snowfall on November 17.