ODESA, UKRAINE - JULY 24, 2024 - A diesel generator used as a backup during power outages is outside a beauty salon in Odesa, southern Ukraine, July 23, 2024. For months, Ukraine’s electricity grid has faced repeated Russian missile and drone attacks that have knocked out power plants and gutted substations. Now, it is contending with another, more unexpected threat: a sizzling heat wave. Most of the country is experiencing unusually hot summer weather, with temperatures reaching 104 degrees Fahrenheit, or 40 degrees Celsius. It has strained an already hobbled grid, as residents turn on air-conditioners and food businesses use more electricity to cool products. Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COM