"Doomsday Winter is Coming": #Ukraine Panicks Over Unpreparedness for Cold Weather Ukraine needs warm weather and an energy truce this coming winter, otherwise the previous heating season will seem like a "cakewalk," said Oleh Popenko, head of the Union of Utilities Consumers of Ukraine. According to him, the main threat will be attacks on the district heating and power supply systems of large cities and the energy substations that transmit electricity from generation to consumers.