Lights for Winter

For several months Vladimir Putin’s regime has been carrying out attacks targeting the Ukrainian electrical grid and municipal heating systems. In other words, Russia wants Ukraine to freeze this winter.  During its retreat from Kherson, the Russian army took pains to destroy the city’s entire el...

For several months Vladimir Putin’s regime has been carrying out attacks targeting the Ukrainian electrical grid and municipal heating systems. In other words, Russia wants Ukraine to freeze this winter.  During its retreat from Kherson, the Russian army took pains to destroy the city’s entire el...

On January 17, 2023, the ECUJE (Cultural and University Jewish Space of Europe) hosted an exceptional evening in support of the Ukrainian people. This event, organized in partnership with the Stand With Ukraine association and the George Gershwin Lodge of B’nai B’rith, brought tog...

With the campaign ‘Lights for winter’ bringing together in recent months the towns of Sarcelles (France) and Ichnia (Ukraine) to send generators to Ukraine, the two towns were able to meet recently through a video-conference organized by Stand with Ukraine. The Mayor of Ichnia Mrs Olena Buturlym,...

The partnership, initiated by the organization Stand With Ukraine, between the French town of Sézanne in the Marne department in the Grand Est region and the Ukrainian municipality of Baryshivka in the Kyiv Oblast, is yielding results and illustrating international solidarity between Fr...

As part of their participation in the campaign ‘Lights for winter’ the Urban Area of Saint-Brieuc and its Ukrainian partner, the town of Ovroutch, met for the first time through a video conference last Friday. A town of 15,000 people near the Belarusian frontier, the municipality of Ovroutch orga...

We visited Kalynivka, a small Ukrainian town two hours by train south-west of Kyiv. The local hospital, the pride of its inhabitants, is going to receive two generators financed by the French municipality of Sainte-Menehould. We’ve come to meet the Mayor, who gives us a warm welcome in his office...

Winter 2025–2026 is shaping up to be critical for civilian populations in Ukraine.Russian strikes are now targeting not only energy infrastructure—power plants and transmission lines—but also the entire energy supply chain. Since late 2024 and throughout 2025, attacks on energy infrastructure hav...

Ukraine: Cold as a Weapon of War As Ukraine endures an exceptional cold wave, with temperatures dropping as low as –20°C, Russia is intensifying its air strikes against civilian energy infrastructure.Electricity, district heating, and distribution networks are being methodically targeted to trigg...

French support is reaching Ukraine. And international solidarity continues to make a real difference. In a context of extreme urgency, the city of Nantes demonstrates, through the rapid mobilization of €30,000 in emergency aid, the essential role that French local authorities can play alongside t...

Thanks to the financial support of the Municipality of Marcilly-le-Châtel, two 6 kW generators were successfully delivered and installed in Nosivka, in Chernihiv region. This remarkable act of solidarity was also supported by SIEL 42 (Loire Intermunicipal Energy Syndicate), the public authority r...

A school in Lviv. Children learning. Shelters ready to protect them. Even during power outages caused by Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The City of Lyon funded three generators with capacities of 20 kW, 15 kW and 10 kW. They were delivered by Stand With Ukraine and Elec...

Eight generators have just arrived in Odesa: six 30 kW units, one 40 kW unit, and one 100 kW unit. They will be deployed this week to schools, critical infrastructure, and social service facilities across Odesa Oblast. This assistance was made possible thanks to the Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d̵...

A 33 kVA generator is now operational in Korostyshiv, Zhytomyr Oblast. Since the beginning of the war, Russian attacks have systematically targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, leaving millions of people without heating and electricity for extended periods. The generator powers the college’s ...

A 6.5 kW generator arrived in Kherson a few days ago thanks to the commitment of the City of Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Nazaire Agglomeration, a partner community standing in solidarity with Ukraine. As Ukraine’s energy infrastructure continues to be heavily targeted by Russian attacks, this e...

As part of the Les Lumières pour l’Hiver campaign, carried out in partnership with Electriciens sans frontières, the Mukachevo Water Utility received a 12 kW generator thanks to the support of the City of Annemasse. The generator was officially handed over through the city’s mayor, Andriy B...

Eight generators have been delivered to six hromadas in Vinnytsia Oblast: Chernivtsi, Turbiv, Sharhorod, Yampil, Luka-Meleshkivka, and Murafa. As Russia continues to deliberately target civilian energy infrastructure, these generators will enable hospitals, schools, and other essential public ser...

This week, a generator arrived in the city of Semenivka, thanks to the support of the twinning committee of its partner town, Sailly-Lez-Lannoy, as part of Des Lumières Pour L’Hiver campaign, carried out in partnership with Electriciens sans frontières. The generator will enable the town...