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An overnight Russian bombardment near thousands of residential buildings successful Kyiv without heating and h2o successful -14C temperatures connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026), erstwhile the Ukrainian superior was already scrambling to reconstruct captious utilities destroyed successful earlier attacks.
The barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles, which targeted vigor facilities crossed Ukraine, killed astatine slightest 1 50-year-old antheral adjacent Kyiv.
AFP journalists successful the superior heard aerial raid sirens and explosions arsenic Ukrainian aerial defence systems responded to the drones and missiles.
Sheltering successful a metro presumption successful the centre of Kyiv, Marina Sergienko, a 51-year-old accountant, said she thought the repeated Russian strikes, which person near millions successful the acold and acheronian implicit caller weeks, had a wide purpose.
"To deterioration down the people, propulsion things to immoderate captious constituent truthful there's nary spot left, to interruption our resistance," she told AFP, taking screen alongside dozens of different Kyiv residents bundled successful hats and coats.
Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga lashed retired astatine Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying: "War transgression Putin continues to wage a genocidal warfare against women, children and elderly."
He said Russian forces had targeted vigor infrastructure overnight successful astatine slightest 7 regions, and urged Ukraine's allies to bolster its aerial defence systems.
"Support for the Ukrainian radical is urgent. There volition beryllium nary bid successful Europe without a lasting bid for Ukraine," helium said connected societal media.
Mr. Zelenskyy suggested helium would skip the ongoing World Economic Forum successful Switzerland to woody with the aftermath of the strike.
But helium kept unfastened the anticipation of going to the gathering of satellite leaders successful the Swiss edifice of Davos if agreements with the United States connected imaginable post-war economical and information enactment were acceptable to beryllium signed.
Nationwide bombardment
Russia fired immoderate 339 long-range combat drones and 34 missiles successful the overnight barrage, Kyiv's aerial unit said.
Mr. Zelenskyy, who had precocious complained of dilatory arms deliveries, said Ukraine had received a shipment of ammunition for aerial defences systems conscionable 1 time earlier the attack.
The bombardment came astir 10 days aft the astir important Russian onslaught connected Kyiv's vigor grid since its penetration astir 4 years ago.
That strike, astatine dawn connected January 9, near fractional the superior without heating and galore residents without energy for days successful sub-zero temperatures.
Most of the buildings chopped disconnected connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) were those affected connected January 9.
Schools person been closed until February and thoroughfare lights dimmed successful a bid to sphere vigor resources.
"After this attack, 5,635 residential buildings are without heating," Mayor Vitali Klitschko said connected Telegram — astir fractional the capital's flat blocks.
Much of Kyiv was besides without moving water, helium added.
"Almost fractional of Kyiv is successful blackout close now," Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa confirmed.
'Critical infrastructure'
Authorities successful the occidental portion of Rivne said a abstracted onslaught determination had damaged "critical infrastructure", leaving 10,000 households without power.
The caput of the confederate Odesa portion added that Russian drone had crashed into a residential gathering and vigor facilities had been hit.
And successful the eastbound Poltava region, section authorities said an onslaught had sparked occurrence astatine an concern facility.
Russia has been pounding Ukraine's vigor strategy since the commencement of its invasion, successful what Kyiv says is an effort to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance.
The Kremlin says it lone targets Ukrainian subject facilities and has blamed the continuation of the warfare connected Kyiv for refusing to judge its bid demands.
The Russian defence ministry said connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) it had carried retired strikes connected facilities that enactment Ukraine's military.
The International Criminal Court has issued apprehension warrants for 2 apical Russian subject officials implicit the attacks connected Ukraine's vigor grid.
The tribunal said it constituted a warfare transgression arsenic it was designed to harm Ukrainian civilians.
Due to war-time sensitivities, Kyiv does not accidental which vigor facilities person been damaged oregon destroyed successful Russian attacks.
