 A severe snowstorm, bringing strong winds blanketed Ukraine on November 27, leaving more than 2,000 settlements across 16 regions without power and more than a dozen motorways closed to vehicles, authorities said. The extreme weather comes as tens of thousands of troops' man-frontline positions in the 21-month-old war with Russia and amid fears Moscow could target the power grid with airstrikes this winter.At least 1,370 cargo trucks were stuck and 840 cars had to be towed away amid snow drifts. That in some places were 2 meters high, Interior Minister Ior Klamenko wrote on the telegram messenger Southern and Central Ukraine were the worst hit. He said more than 1,500 rescue workers were involved in a massive clean-up effort, according to the state emergency service, which posted photos of cars, buses, and cargo trucks which had veered off snowbound roads.