Ukrainians weather the winter cold

On the road to Bakhmout (Ukraine), one of the most dangerous roads in the country today, Yura Sokorov, a Ukrainian volunteer, brings vital cargo with the onset of winter. “We are transporting six wood stoves, it is for the underground shelters, where people live in Bakhmout, these places have to be heated”he said. Besieged for weeks by Russian forces, the city is still under Ukrainian control. 10,000 people would live without gas or electricity.

Temperatures will quickly drop to -20°C. To 50km of there is find the city of Sloviank (Ukraine). “We go outside, it’s cold, we make a small fire, it’s the only heating we have”shows a resident. He does 13°C degree at home, and winter has only just begun. “We sleep fully clothed (…) even in my worst nightmares I did not imagine that”she laments. The director of the hospital Sloviank installed two large boilers so as not to leave his patients in the cold. She hopes the Russians won’t strike there.