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"Electric trams are running again in Kyiv, and electric scooters dot the
sidewalks. With curfew extended to midnight, the streets are bright and
buzzing. Portable generators, nearly impossible to find as they flew off the
shelves in December, are being sold at half price.
The Kremlin’s campaign to break the Ukrainian will to fight by turning winter
into a weapon and knocking out power ultimately failed — but there were moments
when it seemed that all might be lost.
The darkest week in a long, cold season came in mid-November, when Russian
missiles streaked in from three directions, bearing down on Ukrainian power
plants.
Energy officials, gathered in a secret bunker in Kyiv, watched alarms flash on
the large screens mapping the country’s energy grid as critical substations,
thermal power plants and hydroelectric facilities all went dark. Then something
happened they had never seen before over weeks of bombardment: All of the
nation’s nuclear power plants were thrown into blackout.
Within seconds, control rods positioned above reactors at Ukraine’s three
working plants dropped into cores to absorb neutrons and stop the chain
reaction that could lead to a meltdown. The reactors, which provide 50 percent
of the country’s energy, went offline.
At the same time, Russian missiles and drones severed Ukraine’s connection to
the European grid, a critical source of energy that has helped Ukraine prevent
collapse in its own grid.
On a continent of light, Ukraine was an island of darkness. Millions had no
heat. Toilets did not flush. Lines formed at old wells as people lugged jugs of
water to pitch-dark apartments in Kyiv. Internet service went down for many.
Officials discussed mass evacuation plans."
Via
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
