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As Russia attacks Ukraine’s grid, solar offers a path to resilience

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with the Kyiv Independent. On a spring day earlier this year, 10 men stood on the rooftop of a door manufacturing facility in the central Ukrainian town of Bila Tserkva, surveying the rows of solar panels that surrounded them. Since Russia invaded in 2022, the town has endured repeated attacks, triggering mass power outages. For the factory, which supplies doors to homes and businesses, keeping production going had become extremely challenging.

About Dmitry Peskov

Dmitry Peskov has been the press secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin since 2012, after serving as deputy press secretary from 2008. Born on October 17, 1967, Peskov serves as the Kremlin's primary spokesperson, regularly delivering official statements justifying Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and spreading government narratives to domestic and international media. He has faced Western sanctions since 2022 for his role in promoting Russia's war against Ukraine.

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