The EU said Friday it was sending hundreds more generators to Ukraine to help provide electricity to key facilities as Russian strikes have cut power and heating during freezing winter temperatures.
“Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure are deliberately depriving civilians of heat, light and basic services in the middle of harsh winter,” said European Union crisis management commissioner Hadja Lahbib.
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Lahbib said the shipment of 447 generators was on its way, and will add to the 9,500 that the EU has already supplied to the war-torn country.
Brussels said they would be used to provide power to “hospitals, shelters and critical services”.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that he was declaring a “state of emergency” in the energy sector, after relentless Russian strikes on heat and electricity supplies as freezing winter temperatures have dipped to -20C.
Moscow has hit Ukraine with daily drone and missile barrages in recent months, targeting energy infrastructure and cutting power and heating in the frigid depths of winter.
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