{"id":15329,"date":"2026-01-14T15:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/?p=15329"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:56:56","slug":"ukraine-cold-as-a-weapon-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/en\/ukraine-cold-as-a-weapon-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine: Cold as a Weapon of War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"36\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"36\">Ukraine: Cold as a Weapon of War<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"38\" data-end=\"363\">As Ukraine endures an exceptional cold wave, with temperatures dropping as low as \u201320\u00b0C, Russia is intensifying its air strikes against civilian energy infrastructure.<br data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"208\" \/>Electricity, district heating, and distribution networks are being methodically targeted to trigger a humanitarian crisis in the middle of winter.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"605\">In Kyiv, millions of residents are experiencing prolonged power outages. Without electricity or heating, apartments become uninhabitable. Energy workers are operating under extreme conditions, while new waves of attacks are being announced.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"744\">This strategy is clear: to exhaust the population, test the limits of Ukraine\u2019s air defense, and turn the cold into an instrument of war.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"883\">Yet despite darkness and freezing temperatures, resilience remains. Ukrainians adapt, support one another, and refuse to give in to fear.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"1074\">In response to this critical situation, <strong data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"965\">Stand With Ukraine is taking action.<\/strong><br data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"968\" \/>In partnership with <em data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1018\">\u00c9lectriciens Sans Fronti\u00e8res<\/em>, we are launching the <strong data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1064\">#LightsForTheWinter<\/strong> campaign.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1260\"><strong data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1090\">Objective:<\/strong> to deliver generators to Ukrainian municipalities most in need, ensuring minimal access to electricity and heating for essential infrastructure and civilian populations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1325\"><strong data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1325\">We call on French cities and local authorities to mobilize:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1374\">\n<li data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1352\">\n<p data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1352\">Donation of generators<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1353\" data-end=\"1374\">\n<p data-start=\"1355\" data-end=\"1374\">Financial support<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1525\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In these critical hours, we stand alongside those who continue to resist, despite the cold and the darkness.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1525\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Every contribution makes a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine: Cold as a Weapon of War As Ukraine endures an exceptional cold wave, with temperatures dropping as low as \u201320\u00b0C, Russia is intensifying its air strikes against civilian energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5440,"featured_media":15323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-actions-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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