Klitschko: in Kyiv, about 400 houses are without heating, the situation is the most difficult in 4 years

In Kyiv, the most difficult situation since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia remains due to damage to the infrastructure by Russian strikes, about 400 high-rise buildings remain without heating, the mayor of the capital, Vitaliy Klitschko, said.

“We are currently holding a commission of the TEB and NS. With all departments, deputy heads of KMDA, services, heads of city districts. The situation in Kyiv is very complicated. On a similar scale – for the first time in 4 years of full-scale war… Today, about 400 high-rise buildings in Kyiv remain without heating. (Of those six thousand who were without heat supply after the massive attack on January 9). We plan to provide heat to some of these 400 houses by this evening,” Klitschko wrote in a telegram.

According to the mayor, the situation with heat on the right bank is “already more stable”, and it is more difficult on the left bank of the city.

“The situation with energy supply, on which the provision of communal services depends, remains very difficult. Energy workers are working, doing everything they can. But currently, Kyiv lives according to emergency power outage schedules. That is, hourly schedules do not work. And, according to the DTEK company, the residents of the city now spend about three hours with light and up to ten, and in some places even more, without it. Energy experts note that time may change, because the damaged power system is operating in emergency conditions. Weather and network congestion also have an effect,” Klitschko wrote.

He added that emergency shutdowns will continue.

Earlier today, Prime Minister Yulia Svyridenko, speaking in the parliament, said that if there are no massive Russian attacks, then from the evening of January 15, there will be an improvement in the electricity supply schedule in Kyiv.

The day before, the Ministry of Energy stated that due to the Russian attacks in Kyiv and the region, it is impossible to predict the transition to hourly schedules.

Recently, a particularly difficult situation with energy supply has developed on the left bank of Kyiv and nearby areas of Kyiv region, where emergency shutdowns continue after the Russian attack on January 9, and the usual schedule can look like this – four hours with light, 12 hours without electricity. The mayor of Kyiv reported that this Russian attack was the most painful for the city’s critical infrastructure. According to the Ministry of Energy, on the morning of January 9, more than 500,000 consumers were cut off in Kyiv and the Kyiv region.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia has been striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Since the beginning of the fall of 2025, Russian forces have intensified their attacks on the Ukrainian energy industry. According to the Ministry of Energy, as of December 12, the Russian military has attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure 4,500 times since the beginning of 2025.