Overview
- The Energy Ministry reports fresh outages in Zhytomyr and Kharkiv oblasts, with ongoing network restrictions in Kyiv region and Odesa and the capital facing the most difficult, unpredictable shutoffs.
- The government has established a permanent headquarters to coordinate Kyiv’s recovery, is reviewing curfew rules to maintain access to warming points and critical services, and is easing procedures to connect reserve generation.
- Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko says the national 112 line now accepts reports on loss of heat, water and electricity and forwards cases to emergency coordination bodies.
- Parliament approved Mykhailo Fedorov as defence minister with 277 votes, while coverage of Denys Shmyhal’s proposed move to a combined first deputy prime minister–energy minister role remains contradictory.
- The General Staff recorded 132 combat engagements on January 14 with extensive air and drone strikes; regional authorities reported civilian deaths in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, and occupied Crimea experienced blackouts after local claims of a hit on the Dzhankoi substation that Russian officials did not confirm.