Life in Kiev with the arrival of winter: “Impassable roads, blackouts and deafening silence”

Roads impassable due to snow, lack of water and electricity, deafening silence even on public transport. changed a lot Kiev with the arrival ofWinter and the recovery of russian attacks, especially against energy infrastructure.

He confirmed to fanpage.it Denny Castiglione, mission chief of Mediterranean Saving Humans, who arrived in Ukraine on Monday along with four other people. after going through Lvivmade a stopover in the capital in the last few hours to bring a new load of aid, about a ton, to be destined to the partners with whom it collaborates, to individuals with whom it maintains contact and to Casa Salesiana which supports its projects.

“I had already been to Kiev in recent months – Denny tells us -. But whereas before there was almost an air of serenitynow the city seems steeped in tension and fear🇧🇷 Many people we met here, but also in Lviv, told us not to come because it was too much dangerous🇧🇷

What most impressed Denny is the silence that reigns in the city. “There is an eerie and deafening silence at the same time, even when you take, for example, means public🇧🇷 People shut down.”

Also because the problems, with the arrival of the cold and the rigid temperatures (in the last few days the thermometer touched -18 degrees), are multiplied. “The services are reduced to the bone, there is a lack the water in many neighborhoods, current during the day it is almost a utopia, only the generators can partially remedy this discomfort. Today was also long air raid alarm that lasted from 12 to 16 or so and we also had to take refuge in the subway tunnels”, said Denny too.

Who concluded: “It is the first winter that Ukrainians have lived like this. Last year, the war broke out towards the end of the cold season. After May, life returned to serenity, but now I am without heating and water. Only main roads also for lack of personnel because almost all the men are busy with the army, which makes the roads impassable”.