Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault

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41. Maybe this helps...

Large parts of the country, including 90%+ of Kiev, have been without hot water for 5 weeks.

Maximum heat this winter is likely to be 60F, and there's no guarantee that with that cutback there will be enough gas for the winter. Some officials believe gas will run out in February. Remember, Kiev is further north than all of the USA, except Alaska.

Schools may be open 6 days a week this fall, just in case they want to shut down the schools for January and February because of lack of heat.

From January to July the rate of manufacturing fell 5.8% and just over July the industrial sector lost additional 12%. Mining industry took the biggest hit with a 28.7% loss, followed by car manufacturing (-23.8%), chemical (-22.2%), refining industry (-15.9%), rubber manufacturing (-13.8%), metallurgy (-12.3%) and furniture manufacturing (-12.5%). War-torn Lugansk and Donetsk Regions lost 56% and 28.5% of their manufacturing capacity. The crisis with components delivery from Donbass has in turn caused a shutdown of industrial giant ZAZ. The manufacturer lost 98.9% of its output and looks like it will close doors by October, leaving 21,000 workers unemployed.

There's going to be a lot of poor, unemployed, and pissed-off people soon enough. And some would argue the government is already not functioning.

On Edit: Oh, and rolling blackouts to conserve electricity, because coal mining has all but shut down.