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Ukraine’s Energy Crisis Deepens With Rolling Outages and Heat Loss in Kyiv

Equipment running at its limits prompts calls for an energy ceasefire.

People pass by a Point of Invincibility center, a government-run shelter which offers basic services and heat during blackouts, where residents warm up and charge their devices, during power cut-offs after critical civil infrastructure was hit by recent Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 23, 2026. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
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Overview

  • Ukrenergo reported emergency power cuts across most regions after new drone and missile strikes, with several generation units taken offline and the energy minister calling Jan. 22 the toughest day since November 2022.
  • Kyiv counted 1,940 apartment blocks without heating this morning as crews attempt second-time reconnections after the Jan. 9 and Jan. 20 strikes, and the mayor urged those who can leave the city to consider doing so and others to stock essentials.
  • Local authorities said at least six people were killed and 45 injured over the past day across multiple oblasts as Russia used Shahed-type drones, missiles and glide bombs against urban areas.
  • Poland and the European Union are sending hundreds of emergency units, including 379 generators and 18 heaters from Polish reserves, 447 EU-funded generators, and 90 generators from Warsaw for hospitals, shelters and critical services.
  • Ukraine’s military intelligence estimated Russia spent over 10.2 billion rubles (about $131 million) on the Jan. 20 mass raid that crippled Kyiv’s grids, and trilateral talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. have opened in Abu Dhabi.