<span style="color: #222222;">Ukraine's state-owned energy operator Ukrenergo has said today that severe winter weather has left more than 1,000 towns and villages without power. It said, the outages were being experienced in nine regions due to the grid being weakened by the Russian strikes.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to Ukrenergo, Temperatures plummeted to around -15 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country with electricity consumption at high levels. Ukraine has had to import electricity from neighboring Romania and Slovakia to be able to meet the demand, Ukrenergo said.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On the other hand, Russia said today that its military would do everything possible to stop Ukraine's shelling of Belgorod. Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Ukrainian forces of firing on civilian targets with weapons supplied by European countries. Belgorod is a border town where evacuations have taken place due to Ukrainian bombardments.</span><br />