Russians in the Altai province of southwestern Siberia are facing freezing temperatures due to falling temperatures and fuel shortages, local media reported. Newsweek.
As this portal writes, Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs, posted on Twitter a subtitled video of a news segment of Russian state television that describes in detail how people are running out of coal in the Russian city of Kamenj na Oba.
"While Russian propagandists scoff about 'freezing Europe', Russians are actually on the brink of freezing - the town of Kamenj na Oba, Altai Province, has coal supplies for only a few more days. It's currently around minus 11 degrees Celsius there," Gerashchenko wrote.
According to a news clip broadcast on December 21 on state-run Russia 1 television, the city was declared on "high alert" due to a coal shortage.
Ivan Panchenko, the president of this province, said that enough coal was subsequently purchased for eight to 10 days - depending on weather conditions, according to Russia 1.
Local law enforcement agencies have launched an investigation into the cause of the coal shortage.
According to local newspaper Bankfaks, it is believed that the city's coal could run out at any moment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued multiple warnings to the West over energy sanctions imposed in response to his decision to invade Ukraine.
"We will not deliver anything if it is against our interests," Putin said in September.
Before the war, Russia supplied the European Union with 40 percent of its gas - now that figure has now fallen to some nine percent.
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