{
  "id": 678756,
  "title": "Winter is coming: are the state and society ready?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/winter-is-coming-are-the-state-and-society-ready",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T16:19:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Interfax-Ukraine",
    "slug": "interfax-ukraine",
    "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/video/1192700.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Thursday, August 13th at 11:00, the Interfax-Ukraine press center will convene a conversation titled \"Winter is Coming: Are the State and Society Prepared?\" This forum will examine Ukraine's readiness for the 2026/2027 heating season, given the possibility of significant threats to the nation's energy and municipal infrastructure. The panelists include Oleksiy Ivashyn, head of the Civil-Military Movement NGO; Kateryna Yamshchikova, the interim mayor of Poltava (via video link); Yevhen Zolotaryov, advisor to Vinnytsia's mayor and head of the Ukrainian Strategy NGO (via video link); Vitalii Miroshnychenko, director of the Winter Cities Will Endure project; Andriy Sauk, an expert in housing and communal services, a war veteran, and a serving member of the military; Andrian Prokip, an energy specialist; and Yuriy Honcharenko, head of the InfoLight.UA research and analytical group, who will steer the discussion. The event is co-hosted by the Ukrainian Security Club and the Democracy Assistance Foundation NGO, in collaboration with the Civil-Military Movement NGO, with backing from the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Ukraine. The gathering will commence at 8/5A Reitarska Street in Kyiv and will be broadcast live on the Interfax-Ukraine YouTube channel. Journalists can register in person with valid press credentials. For further details, call +38 (063) 765 90 85 or email [email protected] (contact: Yuriy Honcharenko).",
  "summary": "On Thursday, August 13, at 11.00, the Interfax-Ukraine press center will host a discussion entitled \"Winter is coming: are the state and society ready?\" focusing on the preparedness of the state, territorial communities, and society for the 2026/2027 heating season amid the likelihood of large-scale attacks on Ukraine's energy and municipal infrastructure.",
  "key_points": [
    "Interfax-Ukraine hosts \"Winter is Coming\" forum on Aug 13",
    "Panelists discuss Ukraine's readiness for 2026/2027 heating season",
    "Event co-hosted by Ukrainian Security Club and Democracy Assistance Foundation"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}