In Russia and most if not all of the former Soviet republics every building in an entire town or city has hot water for domestic use and heated water for all building heating coming from a central plant. That's right, one single central heating plant for one entire city. These are called combined heat and power plants. If these central plants furnishing hot water for space heating of buildings is inoperative during winter a lot of Ukrainians will be literally freezing to death.
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