Winter is going to be hard everywhere in Ukraine as Russia’s relentless attacks on civilian infrastructure have made basics such as electricity, heating and hot water into luxury items in Kyiv and cities around the country
tank shell in February, so a canvas tarp forms his outer wall. He sleeps in his last intact room, beside a small electric heater that only glows with warmth during the increasingly rare hours that this town north of Kyiv has electricity.
Russian troops withdrew from the Kyiv region in early April, revealing horrifying death and destruction in places like Bucha and Borodyanka. While Bucha became infamous for the organized killing and rape that took place there, Borodyanka – where a column of Russian armoured vehicles drove through the town of 12,000 people, shooting into buildings at random – was by some measures even more badly battered.
Trauma hangs over the town. Two doors down from Mr. Lozenko’s half-destroyed home at No. 34 Centralna – he survived the explosion by hiding in a vegetable cellar with his parents – another Russian attack completely flattened policeman Ivan Simoroz’s house at No. 30. All six of Mr. Simoroz’s family members were killed, from his 80-year-old grandmother Nina to his 1½-year-old daughter Paulina.
Each wave of attacks has pushed Ukraine’s critical services closer to the breaking point. Last week was the first time in the war that the Kyiv region experienced days-long blackouts, as well as cuts to the city’s water supply. One of the few destroyed buildings that is being rapidly rebuilt is the policeman Mr. Simoroz’s home, which neighbours say is being painstakingly restored to what it looked like before the war .
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