Quote (RedFromWinter @ Dec 31 2022 07:17am)
I've noticed you comment on the weather impact a few times. Researching it says Kiev usually 30F-20F in Jan with cold snaps being like 15F (barring rare systems). This doesn't seem harsh enough to directly kill most via exposure, so I think it will have low impact. Would hate to repair frozen exposed nfrastructure though. Weather is unpredictable though, if Ukraine got the blizzard system US got near holidays they would be screwed.
Most of Ukraine including Kiev has water piping that relies on central heated water to be pumped into buildings to heat them, which means that if its disrupted it freezes the pipes, and the central heating can't be easily replaced with fuels or electricity or whatever.
To survive a lot of civilians are going to have to abandon their apartment blocks and congregate in centralized areas. Which makes them sitting ducks for Russian airstrikes.