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#Cuba #EnergyCrisis #Blackouts
www.bloomberg.com
Much of Cuba Goes Dark as Trump Chokes Oil Supply
Cuba's blackout problem has worsened in the month since the US cut off oil shipments to the island.
Its grid was fragile even before a critical transmission line failure in early December temporarily severed the link between Havana and the Caribbean country's primary thermoelectric power plants in Matanzas.
#Ukraine #Blackouts #DisabilityAwareness
abcnews.go.com
Freezing and in the dark, Kyiv residents are stranded in tower blocks as Russia targets power system
KYIV, Ukraine -- Olena Janchuk spends another day of freezing isolation in her high-rise apartment.
The former kindergarten teacher suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis, and has been trapped for weeks on the 19th floor of her Kyiv tower block, 650 steps from the ground.
