“After a large-scale Russian attack, water supply was restored in Kyiv, but heat supply remains problematic”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Regarding the restoration of heat supply, Kuleba said that the situation is difficult. Emergency recovery works are ongoing.
According to his forecasts, heat will be restored in some districts of Kyiv during this day, and in some areas, where the damage is more difficult, additional time will be needed for restoration – this applies to about half of the residential buildings of the capital.
Medical facilities in Kyiv are provided with heat from mobile boilers, the minister added.
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On the night of January 9, Russian troops launched a massive attack on Ukraine. According to the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the main target of which was Kyiv region. The mayor of Kyiv reported that the Russian night attack was the most painful for the city’s critical infrastructure. Vitaliy Klitschko also addressed the residents of the capital and urged them to temporarily leave the city, where there are alternative sources of power and heat, if possible.
According to the Ministry of Energy, more than 500,000 consumers were cut off this morning in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. DTEK clarifies that 417,000 families remain without electricity in Kyiv – some of the residents of Desnyansky, Dniprovsky, Darnytskyi and Holosiivskyi districts of Kyiv. Emergency blackouts have been introduced in the city.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyridenko reported that she had heard the reports of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Development regarding the consequences of the massive nighttime shelling and bad weather, and added that “this time the enemy purposefully attacked district boiler houses – this is energy terror and an attempt to turn winter into a weapon.”
The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Russian military used 36 missiles and 242 unmanned aerial vehicles (about 150 of them – Shahedi) to attack Ukraine. In particular, the Armed Forces confirmed the use of a medium-range ballistic missile by the Russian Federation from the Kapustyn Yar range in the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation. Despite the fact that, as the military reported, 244 targets were neutralized by air defense, 18 missiles and 16 strike UAVs were hit at 19 locations.
In the morning, the Ministry of Defense of Russia admitted that it had used an Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile to strike Lviv region, calling it a response to the alleged Ukrainian strike on the residence of Russian leader Vladimir Putin in the Novgorod region. Ukraine and its Western partners deny that such a strike took place, saying that Russia is thus trying to justify new attacks and delay peace talks.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiga said that in response to the attack, Ukraine will initiate an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council, a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council, as well as a response within the framework of the EU, the Council of Europe and the OSCE.