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Added on the 14/12/2022 08:56:08 - Copyright : Euronews EN
With nowhere to go, the residents that left behind, are trying to survive without gas, water, and with severe food shortages. On top of that temperatures are below freezing in the cold of winter.
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In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, ice and snow line the ground as the winter frost builds and temperatures plunge. Nearly half of Ukraine's energy system has already been damaged after months of strikes on power infrastructure, leaving people in the cold and dark for hours at a time as outdoor temperatures drop below zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit). IMAGES
During a briefing in Kyiv, Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization Europe regional director, warns of a "life-threatening" winter to come for millions of Ukrainians after a series of devastating Russian attacks on the country's energy infrastructures. This winter will be "a formidable test for the Ukraine health system and the Ukraine people," he adds. SOUNDBITE
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economics and Climate Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner receive a report on natural gas and heating from the commission that drafted it. IMAGES
EU commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says that Europe could survive Russia's squeeze on gas supplies to the EU thanks to an unprecedented diversification of sources in recent weeks. "Our models show, with all the measures we have taken, that we are now on the safe side for this winter," Von der Leyen told a session of European Parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. SOUNDBITE