Kyiv’s National Botanical Garden’s battle to keep plants alive amid war, sub-zero temperatures

Winter has pushed the National Botanical Garden into a daily fight to keep thousands of tropical and subtropical plants alive, as a combination of Russia’s relentless assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, and extreme cold strain systems never designed for prolonged disruption.

Photo: Oksana Parafeniuk / The Kyiv Independent.

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