Overview
- Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said residents in Kyiv and the Kyiv region may reach warming points at any hour despite the midnight–05:00 curfew.
- State firms, including Ukrzaliznytsia and Naftogaz, were directed to urgently buy imported electricity covering at least 50% of consumption for the 2025/26 heating season.
- Authorities are redistributing reserve equipment across regions with priority for critical life‑support facilities.
- Ukraine’s security service classified the attacks on energy and heat infrastructure as crimes against humanity and reported 256 air strikes this heating season.
- Kyiv continues emergency outages after a January 9 strike that Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko called the worst blow to the city’s critical infrastructure in four years.