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'We are all used to this' — Inside one of Kyiv’s hardest-hit buildings this winter

Upon entering Daria’s apartment in a large complex in Rusanivka on Kyiv’s left bank, a faint smell of gas lingers in the cold, dim rooms. After Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure cut heat and power across parts of the city,  she uses the stove daily to raise the indoor temperature by a couple of degrees, but even then it barely reaches 13 degrees Celsius (55 degrees Fahrenheit). The warmth comes with consequences. "We don't want to live in mold. You come in from the street and

Daria and her daughter Taia in their apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 27, 2026.

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Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau, or NABU, investigates top-level corruption. NABU is a key agency in Ukraine's anti-corruption infrastructure, set up after the 2014 EuroMaidan Revolution to fight graft.

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