Volunteer Volodymyr Vynogradov chops firewood to be used to heat up the greenhouses at the Gryshko National Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv on February 11, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, Moscow has systematically targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure. And this year, as the country experiences a particularly cold winter, massive and repeated bombardments have deprived hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians of electricity and heating. One of the collateral damages of these power cuts is the precious collection of some 4,000 tropical species housed in the Botanical Garden's greenhouses. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP via Getty Images)