‘An attempt to break people’: Bucha holds out amid Russia’s weaponisation of winter
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Bucha, Ukraine, a city previously emblematic of Russian brutality, is now struggling with the effects of Russia's attacks on energy infrastructure during the winter. The city is experiencing rolling power outages, with temperatures dropping to -20C, impacting residents and businesses. Engineers are working to maintain the water supply using emergency generators, while businesses like the Battkava cafe face reduced operating hours due to limited electricity. The mayor, Anatolii Fedoruk, acknowledges the difficult situation, with many businesses already closed and more potentially shutting down due to the ongoing energy crisis. The attacks are exacerbating existing energy rationing measures implemented earlier in the winter.
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AI-ExtractedBucha is unable to keep to the power rationing schedule of three hours on and six off.
The latest attacks [on 9 January] have made the power situation worse.
Recently, the cafe has only 3-4 hours of electricity during their 8-9 hour opening time.
Russia attacked energy infrastructure, exacerbating an already difficult situation in Bucha.
Bucha is being supplied with water by an emergency generator.
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