Ukraine Braces for ‘Severe Winter’ of Attacks, Deputy PM Says
- Stefanishyna says unblocking grain export a matter of survival
- Kremlin demanding ‘impossible’ conditions to revive grain deal
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Ukraine’s leadership is bracing for an escalation of Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure as cold weather approaches and the Kremlin continues to throttle the nation’s grain exports, the country’s deputy premier said.
“People are preparing for a severe winter,” Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Tuesday. The blockade of Ukrainian ports is a “situation of survival” for the embattled nation’s economy, while Russia’s conditions for restarting a deal to secure Black Sea commerce are “impossible,” she said.