As a Ukrainian not knowing if Kyiv will be hit by ballistic missles by morning (attack is happening right now, and everyone is hiding in shelters), I really feel your pain.
I'm in Tallinn (happened to fly here for a regular business trip a day before it started), but I'm 24/7 online with friends, with gf on video call. Internet and power are totally fine, no distruptions so far.
I don't understand this complaint. Are you suggesting that you'd prefer to let Russia oppress and kill so that you can have cheaper gas for a little while?
It's very much worth it in the long term. I'm in a cold northern European country (Sweden). Heating houses will be really costly next winter, but the extra cost will be so worth it. I assume the government will step in to even out costs.
Well luckily that your country isn't the only one calling the shots then eh? Solidarity and unity is kind of the whole point of the EU after all.
If your country is not a part of the EU of course then this doesn't apply, but in that case I assume one could claim that you should just have better prepared to be slapped around by larger powers as they please.
it might also keep your corner yours. weaning off putin's energy should've been done ages ago before it came to this. for the record, typing this from eastern europe, thus getting some vaseline ready for when the gas and energy invoices come.
Electricity is already 30c/kWh here in Belgium, at least. I suppose it will get to 50c or so then.
Edit I'm not complaining, we should never have accepted to buy Russian gas in the first place and I've always been opposed to the current "ecologists" plans to build more gas plants.
I live in tropics, so pardon my ignorance, but is heating really necessary in cold places? I assume that instead of warming the entire home, one could huddle near a fireplace, and layer up with more wool.
I predict this will bring 2.4€/liter gas, 1.5€/liter heating oil and 0.3€/KWh electricity and 2,5€/m3 natgas in my little corner of Europe.