Residents left without power as Russia targets Ukraine's energy grid

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00:00These firefighters in Kharkiv are working to extinguish the fires caused by Russian drone strikes.

00:05As every winter, Moscow is intensifying its attacks on the Ukrainian power grid,

00:10already strained by temperatures plummeting to minus 20 degrees Celsius.

00:14In the capital, Kiev, residents are queuing for hot meals.

00:1866-year-old Valentina says her electric stoves are useless due to the power outage.

00:23How can we warm the food up when there's no electricity?

00:30But it's okay, we'll survive.

00:31We don't complain. We understand that there's a war going on and we just have to endure.

00:36We have to survive.

00:40The power comes back on around 2 or 3 a.m.

00:44Residents are forced to wake up in the middle of the night to wash their clothes and cook.

00:48Most restaurants and shops remain open, but have reduced their opening hours due to the cost of running generators.

00:55I work without taking a break. It's as cold inside as it is outside.

01:01Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared a state of emergency for the energy sector

01:05and ordered additional electricity imports.

01:09The destruction of civilian energy infrastructure is considered a war crime by the International Criminal Court,

01:14which has already issued arrest warrants against Russian officials.

01:17Meanwhile, the Kremlin says hundreds of thousands in Russian-occupied parts of southern Ukraine

01:22were left without power due to Ukrainian drone strikes.

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