Ukraine's battered energy grid braces for 'intense heat' as extreme temperatures head east

According to Euronews, Ukraine faces a dangerous squeeze: its energy grid, shattered by four years of Russian missile and drone attacks, must now endure an extreme heat wave. The infrastructure damage totals tens of billions of euros, and repeated destruction has left the country's power system severely compromised. As intense temperatures move eastward toward Ukraine, the grid will face peak demand for cooling at exactly the moment it's least equipped to handle it.

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