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No power, no heat, no water in Ukraine: Odesa’s days of hell under Russian fire
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An elderly woman collects a hot meal during a daily food distribution for residents amid Russian bombings and power outages in Odesa, Ukraine.
PHOTO: LAETITIA VANCON/NYTIMES
Kim Barker and Oleksandra Mykolyshyn
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ODESA, Ukraine – When she hears explosions, Ms Tetiana Rybak does the only thing she can: She lies in her bed and waits.
Ms Rybak cannot walk, and cannot go to the shelter. Recently, she asked a social worker to tape over the windows of her apartment with festive red gift wrap, old military posters and a version of the Lord’s Prayer.
