Overview
- Russia sent a new wave of drones at Kyiv overnight on Jan. 12, igniting a fire at a non‑residential building in the Solomianskyi district, local authorities said.
- Nearly 800 residential buildings in the capital remain without heating three days after a mass barrage, even as utility firm DTEK reports restoring power to 648,000 Kyiv households in the past week.
- Ukraine’s grid operator said shelling and drone attacks knocked out power in Odesa, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, prompting emergency cuts and rolling outages.
- Nationwide repairs are ongoing, with officials reporting nearly 700,000 consumers restored to service over the week and thousands of emergency warming centers operating for residents.
- Fighting remains intense, with 219 combat engagements reported on Jan. 11 and fresh clashes on Jan. 12 centered on the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors, while Russia and Ukraine reported cross‑border strikes including a deadly drone attack in Voronezh.