The temperature in Alchevsk had dropped to -35°C (-31°F), and the entire #city found itself without heating. At these temperatures, the National Weather Service estimates frostbite can develop in just 5 to 30 minutes, depending on the wind.
Yevdokiia had no choice but to pull her hat down over her eyes and wrap herself in her coat under thick blankets. She pressed close to her husband against the background noise of sports #broadcasts. The warmth of fellow human body was the only thing that kept her from going numb.