“In Ukraine today, the ability of civilians to survive is under attack.” As winter looms, the government in Kyiv and Western nations are scrambling to get blankets, insulation, generators, medical supplies, cash and more basics into hard-hit Ukraine.
has widespread impacts. It deprives people of warmth from electric space heaters, steady light in the evenings and power for the millions of electronic devices and computers in a highly digitized country — and thus for livelihoods.
Saviano Abreu, a spokesperson for U.N.’s humanitarian affairs office’s operation in Ukraine, said it pulled together hundreds of generators starting back in June, aware of the country’s harsh winters. The U.N. Development Program is taking a different, longer-term approach. It’s seeking to fill requests from Ukraine’s government for technical equipment like power transformers, transformer substations, high-frequency stoppers, high-voltage inputs, surge arresters, industrial gas turbines and other items to help restore the electricity grid and energy systems.
The EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism also has shipped in fire trucks, ambulances, de-mining equipment, food supplies, mobile hospitals, excavators, and portable, prefabricated Bailey bridges, the spokesperson said.
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