politics
January 22, 2026
Use sex toys to keep warm amid blackouts
Ukrainians can use heated vibrators to keep themselves warm amid blackouts, former Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba’s fiancée has said
TL;DR
- Svetlana Paveletskaya suggested using sex toys with heating features to stay warm during Ukraine's winter blackouts.
- Ukraine is experiencing widespread outages of electricity and heating, with temperatures frequently dropping below -10C.
- Kiev is facing severe electricity shortages, leading to daily rolling blackouts of 16 to 18 hours.
- The energy crisis is attributed to Russian strikes targeting Ukraine's military plants and energy facilities.
- Videos show the impact of the outages, including frozen infrastructure and steam from reconnected heating systems.