Our war journalist Robin Ramaekers in ice-cold Cherson: “It is mainly survival here and the harder the mercury drops, the heavier that becomes”

“Russia is trying to use the winter cold against the people,” Ukrainian President Zelensky said in a video message. The first snow fell in Ukraine two weeks ago. Temperatures are dropping below zero in many places. The systematic shelling of power stations regularly leaves large parts of the country without electricity and heat. The faster the mercury drops, the heavier that will weigh on the population.

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