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@rvps2001@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

🇺🇦 More than 1,000 residential buildings in #Kyiv were without heating on Tuesday after a massive Russian air attack during one of the coldest nights of the winter, with temperatures in the capital falling to -20C.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/03/thousands-without-heating-ukraine-russia-winter-attacks-before-talks

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Thousands without heating on icy night in Ukraine as Russia attacks before talks

Zelenskyy says Putin ‘taking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorise people’, as Kyiv hits lows of -20C

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@rvps2001@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

🇺🇦 More than 1,000 residential buildings in #Kyiv were without heating on Tuesday after a massive Russian air attack during one of the coldest nights of the winter, with temperatures in the capital falling to -20C.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/03/thousands-without-heating-ukraine-russia-winter-attacks-before-talks

#russianwarCrimes #ukraine

Thousands without heating on icy night in Ukraine as Russia attacks before talks

Zelenskyy says Putin ‘taking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorise people’, as Kyiv hits lows of -20C

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