energy infrastructure with russia still attempting to cause severe damage to the energy system of ukraine, making cities unlivable, and making life in winterfor millions of ukrainians a complete misery. today between 40 50% of ukraine s energy infrastructure is down, meaning power cuts which can last up to several days, there s no water or heating and people s homes. today s attacks on kyiv have resulted in people essentially being deprived of electricity for hours, and some still don t have a steady water supply. and some still don t have a steady water supply- and some still don t have a steady water supply. you ve been checking on family and water supply. you ve been checking on family and friends, water supply. you ve been checking on family and friends, what - water supply. you ve been checking on family and friends, what have i water supply. you ve been checking | on family and friends, what have you found out, what are they saying? well, the morning started as if it was a t
well enough that the kind of life that we are forced to have right now was a very cold and dark winter with our families was a very cold and dark winter with ourfamilies being in peril constantly this is just a taste of what life will be like under russian occupation and under russian rule for ukrainians. just occupation and under russian rule for ukrainians. for ukrainians. just finally, tell us what s for ukrainians. just finally, tell us what s happening for ukrainians. just finally, tell us what s happening with i for ukrainians. just finally, tell us what s happening with the l for ukrainians. just finally, tell. us what s happening with the war for ukrainians. just finally, tell- us what s happening with the war now we are in deep winter, it s extreme the cold as we can see is the war frozen, or the front lines frozen in terms of offensive and counter offensives? offensives? no, the fighting is coin: offensives? no, the fighting is going on. offensives? no, the fightin
we saw that russia fired 76 missiles today, according to the ukrainians 60 of those missiles were shot down by the country s air defence, but nine power stations were hit, and we now have emergency blackouts across the country. here in kyiv, parts of the country. here in kyiv, parts of the city are without water and heating, electricity. the city of kharkiv, the second largest city, is completely without power. and as you can see, it is raining and snowing, it is dark, it is cold so obviously it is a very difficult situation for millions of people across the country. the ukrainians have been saying that russia is weapon icing winter with these attacks on the country s essential infrastructure, and the authorities have been telling people that winter will be extremely difficult because they say these attacks are unlikely to stop. they say this is how russia is responding to military setbacks
and long, and dark, i think that for us, the key is to maintain the unity and solidarity of support for ukraine, and also pull on all the countries and cities across the world on 21 december, which will be the longest, darkest day of the year, to dedicate an hour to ukraine. so from 8pm to 9pm we ask everyone to switch off their christmas decorations and lights, maybe even switch off the power, the electricity, the heat in your home and sit for one hour with your thoughts and reflections on ukraine and on the lives of ukrainians this christmas. this is a silent act of solidarity, but it will show unity around ukraine and bring your thoughts to many ukrainians, io thoughts to many ukrainians, 10 million ukrainians who are forced to spend christmas this year without
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