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Volunteers Power Ukrainian Hospitals, Homes with Solar Amid Attacks

4/23/2026

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Volunteers say solar panels and batteries keep hospitals, water and phones running amid Russian attacks.
Ukraine’s rooftop solar powers over a million homes while the grid stays under fire.
Over half of Ukraine’s power generation is damaged, prompting the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to call it world’s biggest nuclear-safety threat.
Volunteer Lena Kondratiuk of Ecoclub has installed 90 solar systems, traveling monthly to cities like Mykolaiv despite double-tap strikes.

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Volunteers say solar panels and batteries keep hospitals, water and phones running amid Russian attacks.
Ukraine’s rooftop solar powers over a million homes while the grid stays under fire.
Over half of Ukraine’s power generation is damaged, prompting the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to call it world’s biggest nuclear-safety threat.
Volunteer Lena Kondratiuk of Ecoclub has installed 90 solar systems, traveling monthly to cities like Mykolaiv despite double-tap strikes.