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As Russia intensifies strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid with region-by-region attacks and swarms of drones, towns like Shostka are living by the growl of generators on rain-dark streets. Power and water arrive in scheduled bursts; gas came back, but outages persist. Hospitals ration electricity: dim lights so dialysis machines run, even as one unit burned out and fuel costs soar. Chernihiv and other northern regions face precise hits that leave stations at half capacity and repairs delayed. Officials say the scale has tripled, overwhelming defenses, while repair crews return to the same shattered lines, again and again.

Prepared by Emily Rhodes and reviewed by editorial team.