"This winter, hundreds of apartment blocks in Kyiv have been transformed into towers of freezing concrete. Following massive Russian missile attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine, they are left without heat and electricity. Not only energy company employees but also private contractors, electricians and plumbers do their best to bring the frozen buildings back to life. Their work in these icy basements often goes unnoticed, but they are very much in demand."
"It is extremely difficult to find private contractors in the Ukrainian capital who can replace a power cable that has been burnt through after a network overload, or who can drain cold water from heating pipes. Entire neighborhoods can no longer be supplied with district heating because power plants have been destroyed. Wherever possible, plumbers, electricians and sanitation and heating engineers work tirelessly to reconnect households to water, heating and electricity."
"His employees are physically and emotionally exhausted, he explains, but even with a 39-degree Celsius fever, they still show up for work. "Sometimes we manage to get two or three hours of sleep. Yesterday, I came home, didn't even wash, went to bed at 2:00 a.m. and was woken again at 5.30 a.m. We're tired, and we're sick, but we go where we're needed," Karpov said."
Hundreds of apartment blocks in Kyiv lost heat and electricity when massive Russian missile attacks damaged energy facilities. Private contractors, electricians, plumbers and sanitation and heating engineers work in freezing basements to replace burnt power cables, drain cold water from heating pipes, and reconnect households. Entire neighborhoods cannot receive district heating because power plants were destroyed. Repair teams are in high demand and operate long hours with little sleep, often beginning work before dawn and finishing after midnight while coping with exhaustion and illness to prevent further damage to buildings and services.
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