No Power, No Heat, No Water: Odesa’s Days of Hell Under Russian Fire
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- Tetiana Rybak, a disabled resident of Odesa, Ukraine, is unable to leave her apartment or access shelters during intense Russian drone and missile attacks on the city.
- Odesa, Ukraine's largest port, has endured its worst shelling in nearly four years of war, with frequent power outages and disruptions to heat and water supplies.
- Ms. Rybak has been without electricity for nine days and without heat or water for four days, relying on social workers to deliver essential supplies to her seventh-floor apartment.
- She copes with the trauma by taping over her windows to block the view of drones and described the psychological toll of constant shelling and air raid sirens as shattering her nervous system.