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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont

Ukraine refugees told not to return yet as energy crisis looms

People from Kherson, where Russian forces have been digging in, arriving in Crimea on 21 October.
People from Kherson, where Russian forces have been digging in, arriving in Crimea last week. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Ukraine’s government is advising refugees living abroad not to return until the spring amid mounting fears over whether the country’s damaged energy infrastructure can cope with demand this winter.

The energy crisis comes as officials in Kyiv warned that the coming winter may herald the heaviest fighting of the war, around the southern city of Kherson where Russian forces have been digging in.

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