Tymofii Lifyrynko, 11, holds his hockey stick while waiting out an air raid alarm in an underground shelter, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A person rides a bike along a dark residential street during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A worker climbs a utility pole while repairing power lines damaged in a Russian attack, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Sofia Sisa, 17, does homework in an underground shelter during an air raid alarm, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Logs are stored near the kitchen of Shostka Central District Hospital, where cooks now use a wood-burning stove to prepare meals for patients, during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Food cooks on a wood-burning stove at Shostka Central District Hospital during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Workers repair power lines damaged in a Russian attack, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A patient walks through a darkened hallway of Shostka Central District Hospital during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Oleksander Senko receives dialysis at Shostka Central District Hospital during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People receive free meals at a distribution point during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
An invincibility point, which offers residents a place to charge devices, warm up, and rest on cots, is set up by an apartment complex during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A piece of paper in an underground shelter explains what devices can and can't be charged, during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People walk through Shostka, Ukraine during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Kids walk along a dark residential street during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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2:10 AM on Tuesday, October 21
By JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON
SHOSTKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are preparing for another winter of blackouts as Russia renews its strikes on the country’s energy grid. In front-line areas, residents rely on generators and stored water. In the northern town of Shostka, a Russian strike cut power, water and gas, forcing hospitals to depend on costly generators to keep patients alive.
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