Kyiv residents brace for another winter of Russian strikes

Residents of Kyiv are preparing for another winter of Russian strikes, marked by power outages and freezing temperatures, as attacks reach unprecedented intensity. Families are setting up tents in living rooms, restarting generators, and upper floors are emptying out. In one emblematic building at 14 Igor Chamo Street, residents recall last winter's ordeal, when indoor temperatures dropped to between two and four degrees Celsius. Daryna Tokareva, a resident of a ninth-floor studio with her husband and seven-year-old son, remembers the harsh conditions without complaint. The 1960s Soviet-era building, raised on concrete stilts, nearly collapsed under the strain of repeated attacks.