Lower Thirds: 
0:03	Report by | Max Zander
0:19	 Vsevolod Sevastyanov | Resident
0:43	Oleksandr Benich | Resident
1:21	Oleksandr Benich | Resident
2:26	Andrian Prokip | Ukrainian Institute for the Future
2:39	Andrian Prokip | Energy analyst
3:45	Liliya Lantuch | Volunteer

((info: Russia's sustained attack on the critical energy infrastructure of Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles has left hundreds of thousands of residents without heating and functioning electricity. It means Ukrainians face a battle to stay warm during the coldest winter in over a decade.))

Script: 

For more than two weeks this building in Kyiv’s Rusanivka neighborhood has had no heating.

Oleksander Benich lives here, he and his neighbor Vsevolod want us to see the living conditions for ourselves.

0.15

+++SOT Vsevolod Sevastyanov, Resident+++ (UKR)

“Here, take a look — the water has frozen here. This is water that was there before. It all drains off and then freezes again.”

0.25

The elevators don’t run.

((walking up stairs))

The staircase is slippery from ice.

Oleksandr takes us to his neighbor's apartment that he looks after. The tenant left - she is now staying with a friend.

0.41

+++SOT Oleksandr Benich, Resident+++ (all UKR)

“So, look: the radiators have burst. Two windows were blown out. This is from a Shahed drone. I think this is interesting for you. Look — water. I think this makes it even clearer.”

0.59

The Russian attacks disrupted the central heating, which caused the water in the pipes to freeze.

A Shahed drone exploded just two hundred meters from here, the blast took out many of the windows of the building.

Oleksandr takes us next door, where he lives.

1.19

+++SOT Oleksandr Benich, Resident+++

“We fill hot water bottles, put clothes under the cat, sleep with three blankets. And during shelling I put on body armor — I have four vests. Like this. I put them on like this. That’s how it is. Here is the gas stove.”

1.40

His wife and daughter have left Ukraine. He takes care of the dog and the cat.

Many residents have left the building and are staying with family or friends.

Oleksander and others have formed a group to try to get help to improve the situation.

Small progress is being made.

A generator powers the building from time to time.

And today workers are finally taking out the broken radiators.

But even if they manage to restore heating, winter will carry on -- likely as will Russian large-scale attacks, which have repeatedly targeted power and heating plants.

Last year alone Russia launched 50,000 drones against Ukraine.

((expert in park))

2.24

+++SOT Andrian Prokip, Ukrainian Institute for the Future+++ ((all ENG))

“With such a huge number of drones, they can attack any small capacity power or heat generator.”

2.31

With a continuous lack of air defense, workers are struggling to catch up with the damage.

2.37

+++SOT +++SOT Andrian Prokip, Ukrainian Institute for the Future+++

“Russians intensified the attacks on energy facilities, depending on cases, from 4 to 20 times. This means that we need to have more equipment, more spare parts. // There cannot be any focus about how long this system could survive, but Ukrainian energy companies, energy workers, they have no option. So we just have to repair to reconnect, because otherwise, like having no energy means the end.”

3.11

((shots from bridge, frozen river, people walking on ice ))

Ukrainians, yet again, are showing remarkable resilience. Braving not just the attacks but also the freezing cold. Nevertheless the fourth winter of the war is the most difficult so far and

((resilience point, soup Kitchen))

it's especially painful to those who are already struggling.

Back in the Rusanivka neighborhood.

The city has set up heated tents for people to warm up and charge their phones.

In the evenings an NGO provides food to help those in need.

3.43

+++SOT Liliya Lantuch, Volunteer+++ (UKR)

“People sit for months without electricity, without gas, without water — without all of that. How are people supposed to live? That’s why we help.”

3.53

Hot soup and bread - help that goes a long way.

3.58

+++VOX ((man))++ (UKR)

01.26.57

“A little help, warmth. Because you can’t really warm up, and it’s dark.”

4.05

And as winter drags on, Ukrainians remain caught between freezing temperatures and a war that shows no sign of stopping.+++