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UN official warns Ukraine faces toughest winter
BBC News··12 Sept
Alexander De Croo, head of the UN development agency, told the BBC Ukraine faces its toughest winter since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. He said there is a race against the clock to repair the power network before temperatures fall. He accused Russia of systematically targeting energy infrastructure. Winter temperatures in Ukraine can drop to -20C, the BBC reported.
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What It Means For You
- De Croo said a worst-case loss of power could stop heating, water and sewage systems.
- He said that with local winter temperatures that could approach a humanitarian catastrophe.
- The UNDP is helping rebuild damaged energy sites and set up more decentralised plants.
What's Happening
- De Croo, a former Belgian prime minister, spoke while in Ukraine.
- He said reconstruction crews work under constant air alarms at sites that remain targets.
- Both Russia and Ukraine deny deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure.
Recent Strike Tolls
- Ukrainian officials say a Thursday drone strike on a Pavlohrad mall killed 5 and wounded 67.
- Strikes on Zaporizhzhia and Sumy malls earlier in the week killed 2 and injured 28, officials say.
- Russia reported 28 people wounded in a Ukrainian seaborne drone attack on Sochi.
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