Over 800,000 households in Kyiv remain without power

More than 800,000 households in Ukraine's capital have remained without electricity after Russia's large-scale attack on energy infrastructure on the night of 23-24 January and a significant power shortfall has persisted in the energy system.

Source: Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal

Quote: "Overnight, Ukraine has experienced another large-scale Russian attack. Russian forces targeted energy facilities, heat supply and other civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Chernihiv oblasts, as well as other regions.

The electricity situation. Unfortunately, the constant attacks do not allow the situation to stabilise. The energy system does not have time to recover. More than 800,000 households in the capital are without electricity due to emergency power cuts."

Details: The minister said the power shortfall in the grid has persisted due to constant strikes and damage to equipment but energy workers, together with international partners, are working to reduce it.

Shmyhal said more than 143 tonnes of humanitarian aid have been distributed from one of the Energy Ministry's hubs over the past few days. This primarily includes generators, transformers, cables and pumps. He said this equipment is critical for stabilising the work of facilities.

The aid has already reached energy workers in Kyiv as well as Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and other affected oblasts.

In addition, the Energy Ministry plans to transfer some of the generators received from international partners to the State Emergency Service's heating points. This will allow citizens to have access to electricity during prolonged outages.

The ministry is also expecting additional equipment from Slovakia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Azerbaijan, Italy, Latvia and Poland.

Background:

• Consumers in Kyiv and Kyiv, Chernihiv and Kharkiv oblasts were left without power on 24 January as a result of Russia's new large-scale strike on energy infrastructure.
• Almost 6,000 buildings in Kyiv were left without heating once again due to damage to critical infrastructure after Russia's large-scale attack on the night of 23-24 January. Most of them are those that have already been connected twice or attempts were made to reconnect them to heating after the strikes on 9 and 20 January.
• Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the most difficult situation has been in the Troieshchyna district, where about 600 buildings have been left without heating, water supply and electricity.
• The Green and Red lines of the Kyiv Metro ran on a limited schedule on the morning of 24 January: following damage detected after the strike, trains could not carry passengers between the left and right banks of the capital.

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