With its energy network nearly destroyed, Ukraine already fears the winter

While the rolling plains of Ukraine's countryside are in full spring bloom, officials already fear what the distant winter will bring as a major energy crisis grips the country and power companies resort to phased blackouts to conserve supplies.

Russian territorial gains over the past months have been mirrored by successful missile barrages against Ukraine's power plants, both abetted by faltering supplies of weapons and ammunition from the country's foreign backers.

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