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Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

One sixth of Kyiv residents have fled the capital due to extreme power #blackouts during the harshest winter in years.

Our Myroslava and Nastia are among those who made the decision to leave their dark,cold apartments. counteroffensive.news/p/why-my…
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Why Myroslava, Nastia left Kyiv

Russia’s attacks on the energy sector have left Kyiv without electricity, heat and water. Myroslava and Nastia have left for now, and open up about the brutal conditions forcing this painful decision.
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The sun floods the room like a Christmas postcard: snow-covered trees, silence, a fairy tale. But it ends at the windowpane.
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Myroslava stands in the middle of the room in two sweaters and a robe, clutching a cup of hot tea as if it could save her. The thermometer indoors reads +9°C (48°F). It’s the third day without heat, and every hour the cold settles deeper into the walls.
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In her arms is her six-month-old son, Ustym. She holds him tighter than she should, trying to give him her warmth. And suddenly it hits her: she doesn’t know how to protect him from the cold.
#ukraine #crisis #children
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She can endure it. He can’t.
She cries quietly so he won’t hear. The tears on her sleeve are warmer than the air in the room.
She packs to leave the city.
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There, the power may go out—but there is warmth. What a strange word now. A luxury. A reason to flee your own #home.
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She thought this fear was hers alone. But when Myroslava wrote to her colleague Nastia, she realized the cold does not discriminate. Nastia has no #child, but the same thermometer, the same cold walls, and made the same decision to leave.
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To find out why Myroslava and Nastia left Kyiv and to learn about the current situation in the city, read the full story through the link counteroffensive.news/p/why-my…
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Why Myroslava, Nastia left Kyiv

Russia’s attacks on the energy sector have left Kyiv without electricity, heat and water. Myroslava and Nastia have left for now, and open up about the brutal conditions forcing this painful decision.
Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova (The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak)
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#NEWS OF THE DAY:

DISAGREEMENTS WITH #TRUMP DERAILED #UKRAINE AID PLAN: European opposition to Donald Trump's plans for Greenland and his initiative to create a #Gaza “Board of Peace” led to the postponement of a $800 billion economic support package for post-war Ukraine ft.com/content/9904baa7-d90b-4…

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UKRAINE’S NEW DEFMIN PLANS DATA-DRIVEN #MILITARY REFORM: Ukraine's new Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who was previously Ukraine’s digitalisation minister, has promised a large-scale, data-driven reform of Europe's largest army. reuters.com/business/aerospace…
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#military #ukraine
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RENAULT TO MANUFACTURE #DRONES FOR #UKRAINE: Automaker Renault has signed an agreement with #French defense company Turgis Gaillard to produce drones for Ukraine at two of its industrial sites, in a project supported by the French Defense Ministry. ft.com/content/6474a1a9-4a88-4…

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Missed our latest story about protests in #Iran and Mohsen and Mohammad, who are working to keep the uprising alive abroad? Read via the link counteroffensive.news/p/what-i…

What Iran’s Theocracy Doesn’t Want You To See

Thousands of Iranians are dead from a crackdown on protests. The Khamenei regime responded to mass protests with repression. Mohsen and Mohammad are working to keep the uprising alive abroad.
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DOG OF WAR:
Today’s dog of war is Myroslava’s in-laws’ dog, Flika. Myroslava’s mother in law knitted her a sweater so she wouldn’t be cold while walking in the freezing weather.
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