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Ukraine works to restore power amid freezing temps after Russian strikes

Ukraine is struggling to deal with repeated Russian attacks on the country's energy grid that left tens of thousands of residents without heat in freezing weather.

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Joanna Kakissis is a foreign correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she reports poignant stories of a conflict that has upended millions of lives, affected global energy and food supplies and pitted NATO against Russia.
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