Overview
- Morning strikes on February 5 hit Kharkiv’s energy infrastructure, causing unstable or complete power outages and stopping the metro and most electric surface transport, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
- City authorities in Kharkiv reported ongoing work to stabilize supply, with some outages for buildings already without heat lasting three to five hours.
- Kyiv’s Darnytsia combined heat and power plant suffered critical damage in the February 3 barrage and will need at least two months to restore, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
- The plant had supplied heat to more than 1,100 multi-storey buildings in Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi districts, and the city has opened additional heating points, connected mobile boiler houses, and requested State Emergency Service support.
- AFP reporters described extensive destruction at the Darnytsia site, and Ukraine’s largest private energy provider called Tuesday’s strike the most powerful since the start of 2026.