Snow strands Russian drivers as residents report heat and power failures
A Ukrainian news compilation follows disruption from Kuban to the Far East before turning to earthquake footage from central Japan.
Why this story? One of 24 Канал's most watched videos since yesterday, with 520,348 views.
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- 0:27A Moscow police officer erases an antiwar message written in snow.
- 0:50The report describes fallen trees, accidents and road blockages in Kuban and Krasnodar.
- 1:38Blizzards strand truck drivers along the Ufa-Chelyabinsk highway, according to the report.
- 2:49An airline representative announces weather cancellations; subsequent footage shows cars sliding on Vladivostok's icy streets.
- 4:32Residents show cold apartments, followed by accounts of prolonged power outages in Crimea.
- 8:26The broadcaster reports a magnitude-5.7 earthquake in central Japan, with shaking footage and precautionary train stoppages.
Truck drivers wait in snowbound traffic, cars slide on icy streets, and residents film cold apartments with no central heating. Ukraine's Channel 24 (24 Канал) brings those scenes together in a report on severe weather and infrastructure failures across widely separated parts of Russia.
In Kuban, in southern Russia, the broadcaster reports heavy precipitation, fallen trees, accidents and blocked roads around Krasnodar. The report then moves to the Urals, where it says blizzards have stranded drivers along hundreds of kilometers of the Ufa-Chelyabinsk highway. Footage shows trucks caught in deep snow and drivers describing worse conditions farther along the route.
The disruption extends to air travel. A Khabarovsk Airlines representative announces that none of the airline's aircraft could take off that day because of the weather. In Vladivostok, residents' recordings show cars sliding on icy roads and traffic backing up on steep streets.
Inside homes, the problem is warmth. Residents describe radiators going cold or heating that has still not arrived. One man demonstrates an improvised heater on his kitchen gas stove. Later, women in Kerch and Sevastopol, in Russian-occupied Crimea, describe prolonged electricity outages and freezing conditions.
An early Moscow scene adds a political element: a police officer uses his boot to erase the Russian words for "No to war" written in the snow.
The final section switches to Japan. The broadcaster reports a magnitude-5.7 earthquake affecting Aichi and Shizuoka prefectures in central Japan. Security-camera and shop footage shows strong shaking, merchandise falling from shelves and damage, while the report says trains were stopped as a precaution. Its description also raises concerns about a larger earthquake and the Hamaoka nuclear plant, without reporting damage to the plant.
The compilation drew about 520,000 views since yesterday. Its Russian sections move between blocked transport routes and residents' own recordings of life without reliable heat or electricity.
A historical and geographical region around the Kuban River in southern Russia, near the Black Sea. The name often refers to Krasnodar Krai but also covers neighboring areas.
More on Wikipedia ›A Russian state-owned airline based in Khabarovsk and Nikolayevsk-on-Amur. It became part of a combined far-eastern airline in 2020.
More on Wikipedia ›A city on the Sea of Japan in Russia's Far East. It is the administrative center of Primorsky Krai and the capital of Russia's Far Eastern Federal District.
More on Wikipedia ›A nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Its two oldest reactors are being decommissioned; the other three have remained shut down since the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima accident.
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- Video published
- November 10, 2026
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The report drew more than half a million views since yesterday, placing it among Ukraine's most-watched news videos.


