Nina Bakhmach is a Chernihiv-based freelance contributor to RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
Like cities across Ukraine, Chernihiv’s civilian infrastructure has been devastated by two weeks of Russian air attacks targeting the electrical grid and other facilities. Authorities have told locals to make preparations for a particularly difficult winter.
Since the New Year, there have been more than 300 incidents of false bomb threats targeting schools and kindergartens across Ukraine. The authorities assert that Russian secret services are conducting a “special operation” aimed at disrupting society and sowing panic.
