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Kyiv family, with its pets and pigs, defies Russia and the cold

Denys and Yuliia Davydenko, both 40, pose for a picture with their children — Maksym, 11, Tymofiy, 6, and Stephanie, 2 — in the kitchen of their apartment in Kyiv on Feb. 1.

Denys and Yuliia Davydenko, both 40, pose for a picture with their children — Maksym, 11, Tymofiy, 6, and Stephanie, 2 — in the kitchen of their apartment in Kyiv on Feb. 1. | REUTERS

By Yuliia Dysa and Alina Smutko
REUTERS

Feb 8, 2026

KYIV – When the Davydenko family woke up shivering through the night in their winter coats and hats, buried under several layers of duvets, they knew it was time to abandon their apartment in Kyiv.

Systematic Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid since October last year have left their 12th-floor flat with no electricity for eight days and heating for almost two weeks.

In the meantime, nighttime temperatures plunged to minus 20 degrees Celsius.

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