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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.
Here’s the problem: the Soviet Union relied on centralized heating systems, where entire cities were kept warm by steam produced in a single spot and then distributed to apartments across a broad area. It’s good for efficiency, but easily targeted in a #war.
The 2006 heating pipeline accident in Alchevsk, in the Luhansk region was perhaps the first time #Ukrainians felt so intensely just how badly the #Soviet heating system could backfire.
To learn the full story of how Yevdokiia survived harsh winter with no heating and how Ukraine’s #heating system is targeted now, follow the link!
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/why-ukraines-heating-is-so-vulnerable
#NEWS OF THE DAY:
NO WH-KREMLIN SUMMIT SOON: Trump said his summit in #Hungary doesn’t make sense anymore. #Trump already had a phone call with #Putin and right after held a meeting with #Zelenskyy. Both conversations showed that the sides are too far from reaching an agreement.
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