Photos show Ukrainians dealing with blackouts as Russia strikes energy infrastructure

Tymofii Lifyrynko, 11, holds his hockey stick while waiting out an air raid alarm in an underground shelter, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Tymofii Lifyrynko, 11, holds his hockey stick while waiting out an air raid alarm in an underground shelter, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A person rides a bike along a dark residential street during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A person rides a bike along a dark residential street during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A worker climbs a utility pole while repairing power lines damaged in a Russian attack, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A worker climbs a utility pole while repairing power lines damaged in a Russian attack, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Sofia Sisa, 17, does homework in an underground shelter during an air raid alarm, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Sofia Sisa, 17, does homework in an underground shelter during an air raid alarm, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Logs are stored near the kitchen of Shostka Central District Hospital, where cooks now use a wood-burning stove to prepare meals for patients, during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Logs are stored near the kitchen of Shostka Central District Hospital, where cooks now use a wood-burning stove to prepare meals for patients, during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Food cooks on a wood-burning stove at Shostka Central District Hospital during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Food cooks on a wood-burning stove at Shostka Central District Hospital during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Workers repair power lines damaged in a Russian attack, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Workers repair power lines damaged in a Russian attack, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A patient walks through a darkened hallway of Shostka Central District Hospital during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A patient walks through a darkened hallway of Shostka Central District Hospital during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Oleksander Senko receives dialysis at Shostka Central District Hospital during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Oleksander Senko receives dialysis at Shostka Central District Hospital during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People receive free meals at a distribution point during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People receive free meals at a distribution point during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
An invincibility point, which offers residents a place to charge devices, warm up, and rest on cots, is set up by an apartment complex during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
An invincibility point, which offers residents a place to charge devices, warm up, and rest on cots, is set up by an apartment complex during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A piece of paper in an underground shelter explains what devices can and can't be charged, during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A piece of paper in an underground shelter explains what devices can and can't be charged, during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People walk through Shostka, Ukraine during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People walk through Shostka, Ukraine during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Kids walk along a dark residential street during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Kids walk along a dark residential street during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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SHOSTKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are preparing for another winter of blackouts as Russia renews its strikes on the country’s energy grid. In front-line areas, residents rely on generators and stored water. In the northern town of Shostka, a Russian strike cut power, water and gas, forcing hospitals to depend on costly generators to keep patients alive.

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