Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered a nationwide energy-sector state of emergency and set up a permanent coordination hub in Kyiv to speed repairs and relief.
- Measures include boosting electricity imports, expanding heated shelter sites, and easing night curfews where security conditions allow.
- Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, rejected Zelenskyy’s criticism of the city’s preparedness, saying heat was restored in all but about 400 of 6,000 affected apartment buildings.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ukraine is running out of time to accept Moscow’s terms, which include withdrawal from large areas in the east and south and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
- Trump said Zelenskyy is obstructing a peace deal and Peskov agreed, even as Moscow says U.S. channels remain open; Kyiv has cited a 20-point framework discussed with U.S. and European partners.