Ukraine will spend $2.6 billion on fuel imports this winter after Russian strikes destroyed approximately 60 percent of its natural gas production, Bloomberg reported
Large parts of Chernihiv have been without electricity throughout October due to Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, with city officials unable to predict when power will be restored as repair crews work under ongoing Russian drone activity.
Russian forces struck a DTEK coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 19 October, trapping 192 miners underground before all were safely evacuated in the fourth major attack on the company's coal facilities in two months.
Repair teams race against frost and missiles to reconnect frontline towns while Ukraine’s energy system reels from strikes that wiped out 60% of domestic gas output.
Kostiantynivka, a city in Donetsk Oblast close to the front line, has been a frequent target for Russian aerial strikes since the start of the full-scale invasion.
While the West debates over support and peace talks, locals and volunteers help services in the city to clean up streets from rubble every day and deliver lunch to rescuers.
Representative Jim Himes called the Trump administration's decision to withhold intelligence from Ukraine "unforgivable" as it affects information that has "saved lives of civilians and soldiers."