Overview
- Authorities report large-scale blackouts across Kyiv and several regions including Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia after attacks on power plants and distribution networks.
- Kyiv officials cite 800,000 residents without electricity and say about 2,600 residential blocks remain affected.
- An intense cold snap has pushed outdoor temperatures to around −15°C, with some residents describing indoor readings of 1–2°C and warning of life-threatening conditions.
- Municipal 'Survival Points' offer temporary warmth and phone charging, yet aid workers say these sites do not reach isolated, elderly residents in high-rise towers.
- Berlin-based Life Bridge Ukraine is dispatching 6,000 camping stoves, 24,000 gas cartridges and 7,040 hot-water bottles from Poland to Kyiv, alongside planned on-the-ground outreach with city services, while many shops and services rely on diesel generators to stay open.