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Ukraine's caller Energy Minister connected Friday (January 16, 2026) ordered State companies to ratchet up imports from abroad, pointing to the struggles plaguing the grid aft a systematic bombing run by Russia.
Engineers and rescue crews person been braving sub-zero temperatures to reconstruct operations astatine powerfulness plants and substations battered implicit caller days by Russian drones and missiles.
"State companies, chiefly Ukrainian Railways and Naftogaz, indispensable urgently guarantee the procurement of imported electrical vigor during the 2025-26 heating season, amounting to astatine slightest 50% of full consumption," Energy Minister Denys Shmygal said successful a statement.
The Minister did not springiness information connected however overmuch energy Ukraine presently generates oregon imports, accusation that authorities person withheld owed to war-time sensitivities.
Russian drone and rocket attacks person precocious plunged full cities into acheronian and near millions with sporadic oregon nary heating astatine all, arsenic temperatures dip to -20C successful immoderate areas.
Over caller days, AFP journalists successful Kyiv person seen postulation lights powered down, shops and restaurants closed, and residents warming up and charging phones successful tents acceptable up by the state.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced precocious connected Thursday (January 15, 2026) that 400,000 radical had been near without energy aft Russian aerial attacks connected Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city.
Also precocious connected Thursday, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced that strict curfew rules enactment successful spot astatine the opening of Russia's penetration successful February 2022 would beryllium eased to let Ukrainians to entree exigency hubs providing heating and electricity.
The Kremlin has said the attacks are lone targeting subject facilities, and successful erstwhile years blamed civilians' suffering connected Kyiv's refusal to judge Russian bid demands.
