We eat our dinner by Putin-light — guttering candles on the table and torches in the kitchen. The mains electricity had snapped off at 8pm, just as we and thousands of other households were sitting down to eat.Outside, the temperature is double figures below zero. Fresh snow showers are expected. But no one is put out. They know to wear extra layers, to cook early or days in advance, stay at home and be alert for sirens signalling the next Russian missile barrage.'I'd rather sit here in the cold and darkness than under occupation by ,' my host says. Such is the reality of wartime in this newly minted, but no less frightening, year of 2023.
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