Ukrainians grapple with extreme heat amid power blackouts

(15 Jul 2024)
UKRAINE EXTREME HEAT AND BLACKOUT

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lviv, Ukraine – 13 July 2024

1. Various of people playing in fountain
2. Mid of woman walking, fountain in foreground
3. Close of base of fountain
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Halyna Vyaltseva, resident of Chernivtsi:
"We drink more water, we go out more, because the apartment is much hotter, and we want to go outside, to nature."

5. Various of people in the shade
6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Svitlana, no family name given, resident of Kyiv:
"Not all places have air conditioners, so it is not possible to find a place somewhere indoors to cool down, so we try to spend more time in nature, where there are natural conditions to hide from the heat. But we adapt to everything, I think that everything will be in Ukraine, everything will be fine, I think that this is not the biggest problem for us now and we will survive it. We enjoy what we have."

7. Various of people at swimming pool
8. Close of woman swimming
9. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Olena Anatiychuk, director of Aquapark Plyazh:
"People have no electricity, no water, nothing at home. And abnormal heat this year. And people look for a place where they can make their lives easier."

10. Wide of swimming pool
11. Close of woman swimming
12. Mid of people on the open deck
13. Mid of swimming pool, with people on deck in the background
14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Maryana Sluzhynska, Lviv Regional Center of Medical Statistics:
"Unfortunately, we cannot use air conditioners, we cannot cool our premises, and people are constantly under high temperatures, both outside and in their homes. It must be said that the chronic stress that our population has been under since the beginning of the war, adding of all these factors leads to the fact that, both now and in the future, we will observe a large number of complications of cardiovascular diseases, other chronic diseases, which are provoked by the severe climatic situation and also the stress that exists in the population."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lviv, Ukraine – 14 July 2024

15. Mid of Lviv resident Sandra Grushynska entering room
16. Various of child sleeping
17. Mid of Grushynska putting food on a gas stove UPSOUND (Ukrainian)
"Considering that we don’t have electricity for 5-6 hours twice a day, we have a stove, a gas cylinder is inserted there, and that’s it, and this is how most of our cooking looks now, because our stove is electric."

18. Close Sandra Grushynska stirring food
19. Close of stove
20. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sandra Grushynska, Lviv resident:++STARTS WITH CLOSE OF THE HAND SHOWING CHARGER++
"It is like a big power bank that we use for fans when there is no light. We use the fan from the socket, we try not to use the air conditioner, this year we have never turned it on in order to save electricity. We still believe that it can help and increase the amount of electricity for all people."

21. Wide of cafe
22. People queuing
23. Close of sign reading (Ukrainian) "We are operating on generator"
24. Wide of cafe terrace
25. Mid of customers
26. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oksana Bedriy, owner of Svit Kavy cafe:
”Even with the fact that we changed our generator to a more powerful one, we are working at about 60 percent capacity. The air conditioners do not work. It’s hot in the kitchen, especially at this temperature."

27. Mid woman taking croissants from the oven
28. Close of croissants
29. Close of fan
30. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oksana Demkiv, pastry chef:

31. Various of man operating power generator
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