Keeping the lights on in the winter


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  • Wednesday, 29 Jan 2025

Workers running a Ukrainian power plant that has been repeatedly targeted by Russian missiles. — ©2025 The New York Times Company

WITH Russia intensifying airstrikes on Ukraine’s power grid, darkness once again engulfs Ukrainian cities at night.

In Kyiv, residents rely on cellphone flashlights to navigate unlit streets. To walk their dogs, they use glow sticks doubling as makeshift collars.

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