Infrastructure Read
A derelict rail line is being reimagined as a linear park, like Manhattan’s High Line. But in a borough that lacks both green space and transportation, locals wonder TKTKTK.
Ukraine began voluntary evacuations from areas where it said it could not guarantee sufficient power and heat, including the recently recaptured city of Kherson, as Russia increased attacks on infrastructure.
“Every hour is getting harder.” Russia’s assault on Ukraine’s essential services has caused blackouts in hospitals and cut off power and water in cities.
Outages struck Kyiv and the surrounding region, as well as Lviv, Dnipro, Odesa and Kharkiv. Half of Moldova, whose grid is tied to Ukraine’s, also lost power.
The former New Orleans mayor, who helped the city rebound after Hurricane Katrina, has been tasked with making sure the money from President Biden’s infrastructure bill reaches those who need it most.
Fully 61,000 square miles could be littered with land mines and other explosives left by retreating Russian forces, while half the electric grid has been destroyed.
This week’s assault hit at least 15 energy facilities — some for the fifth or sixth time — forcing controlled blackouts in every part of the country.
NATO and Polish officials said that it was a Ukrainian missile that crossed the border and killed two people, but that Russia bore the blame.
How the country’s vast rail system has helped it withstand an invasion.
Ukrainian forces encountered a city without heat, water, electricity or cellphone service, with Russian artillery digging in just miles away.
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