"We can moan about the Irish evenings getting shorter by the day this month, but Russia's targeting of energy infrastructure is making winter in Ukraine unbearable November is a month of ­darkness. It greets me when I wake up, follows me to work and is waiting when I leave the office. For months, life feels suspended in shadow. And though there's nothing I can do about it, I never miss the chance to complain."
"We can moan about the Irish evenings getting shorter by the day this month, but Russia's targeting of energy infrastructure is making winter in Ukraine unbearable November is a month of ­darkness. It greets me when I wake up, follows me to work and is waiting when I leave the office. For months, life feels suspended in shadow. And though there's nothing I can do about it, I never miss the chance to complain."
November brings pervasive darkness that defines daily routines, greeting at waking, following through commutes, and waiting at departure from work. Shortening evenings create seasonal gloom. Targeted attacks on energy infrastructure by Russia intensify suffering in Ukraine and make winter conditions unbearable for affected populations. The prolonged absence of light and heat leaves life feeling suspended in shadow for months. Personal reactions include resigned acceptance of limited control and a tendency to complain as a small, familiar relief. The combination of physical deprivation and psychological gloom deepens the hardship of winter.
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