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Dominic Giannini

Give us coal for Christmas please: Ukraine

Ukraine ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko is asking Australia to send urgently needed energy supplies. (Russell Freeman/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Ukraine is pleading with Australia to send coal shipments for Christmas as Russia targets the nation's energy infrastructure, dooming millions to a freezing winter.

Temperatures in Ukraine have already dipped below freezing and electricity is being rationed through scheduled blackouts as Russia ramps up its attacks.

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