A man walks past snow-covered plants 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)

Visitors walk inside the main greenhouse of 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)

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)

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)

Doctor of Biological Sciences Roman Ivannikov, Head of the Department of Tropical and Subtropical Plants of the Gryshko National Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, checks a wooden stove in the garden's greenhouse in Kyiv on February 11, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Roman Ivannikov has spent around 30 years pampering orchids, azaleas and figs at Ukraine's National Botanical Garden but power cuts triggered by Russian strikes have put his cherished plants in mortal danger. The almost-daily barrages paired with the cold snap have put lives at risk and created an unprecedented threat for Ivannikov's pride and joy: a collection of almost 4,000 tropical species. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph shows the main greenhouse of 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)

A tyre is marked with the tyre marking machine at the headquarters of 4JET, a German firm that makes industrial laser processing technology, in Alsdorf, western Germany, on February 10, 2026. Insatiable demand in China for German exports, from cars to factory equipment, helped underpin a long boom in the eurozone's biggest economy. But times have changed: Chinese companies have become adept at making products long the specialities of manufacturers in Germany, adding to the headwinds that have left the country trapped in a seemingly endless decline. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images)

Employees work at a laser patterning machine for window glass at the headquarters of 4JET, a German firm that makes industrial laser processing technology, in Alsdorf, western Germany, on February 10, 2026. Insatiable demand in China for German exports, from cars to factory equipment, helped underpin a long boom in the eurozone's biggest economy. But times have changed: Chinese companies have become adept at making products long the specialities of manufacturers in Germany, adding to the headwinds that have left the country trapped in a seemingly endless decline. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images)