Ukraine energy: Zelensky calls for 50 million lightbulbs
IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, People in Ukraine use generators to charge their phones during blackouts By Ben Tobias BBC News Millions of energy-efficient lightbulbs are needed to help Ukraine cope with Russian attacks on the country's energy system, President Zelensky has said. Speaking at a conference in Paris, he argued that one of the keys to stopping Russian aggression was to guarantee Ukraine's energy stability. Generators are now "as necessary in Ukraine as armoured vehicles and bulletproof vests", he said. Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid have left millions without power. With winter temperatures in parts of the country often below zero for weeks on end, Ukraine has accused Russia of using the cold weather as a weapon against its civilian population. Many parts of the country now only have electricity for a few hours a day. The damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure has caused an average shortfall of about two-and-a-half gigaw
