Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
For many Ukrainians, Russian attacks mean being woken up by loud explosions, but Ivanna's world is silent.
As a deaf person, she relies on her sight, but blackouts threaten to throw Ivanna's quiet world into darkness. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-deaf-people-live-through-blackouts
Since Russia intensified its attacks, people have had to adjust to a new, completely unpredictable lifestyle. In 2025 alone, #Russia launched more than 4,500 drones and missiles on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, disrupting not only electricity but also water supply and heating.
On January 7, when energy infrastructure in the Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia regions was attacked, most cities in those regions went completely dark and silent for several hours.
They lost access to water, public transport, reliable phone and internet connections, or even air-raid alert signals.
#war
@timkmak I never thought about air raid sirens during a blackout. Fortunately, I have never had to. I am used to the other issues from rolling blackouts in South Africa - fortunately our water was not affected but our mobile phone and internet towers regularly went down.
People with hearing loss are even more vulnerable to such attacks. Not only do long #blackouts leave them without a way to charge hearing aids, it also deprives them of ways to communicate and react to air raid alerts.
Curious how people with hearing loss navigate blackouts and air-raid alerts in Ukraine? Read the full story at the link https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-deaf-people-live-through-blackouts
NEWS OF THE DAY:
#UKRAINIAN PILOTS HAVE REWORKED F-16 TACTICS FOR WAR WITH #RUSSIA: One of the first Ukrainian F-16 pilots stated that Western training did not correspond to the realities of war with Russia, so pilots had to develop their own combat tactics. https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-f16-pilot-different-type-war-nato-training-encountered-reality-2026-1
