“The company warned that schedules in Kyiv will be uneven in different areas due to the peculiarity of damage to the power system and will be finalized in the first few days”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Energy workers managed to do the impossible. Despite the crazy shortage of electricity in the capital, we introduce schedules with the amount of light we have,” the message reads.
The company warned that the schedules will be uneven in different areas due to the peculiarity of damage to the power system and will be finalized in the first few days.
“They are in no way tied to the queues we are used to (1.1, 1.2, 2.1, etc.). Each house will have its own schedule. You can see them in the chatbot and on the website. Delays of up to 5 minutes are possible due to overload on the website,” DTEK said.
They emphasized that the situation in the power system remains difficult. “Cold weather is ahead, and, unfortunately, the risk of new shelling remains. Therefore, if the situation worsens, the capital will return to emergency shutdowns. And vice versa, if the situation in the energy sector stabilizes, then we will return to the usual schedules with queues,” the message reads.
First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal announced in the evening of January 28 that 610,000 consumers remained without electricity in Kyiv.
“We conducted a detailed audit of the capabilities of Kyiv and the region regarding distributed generation. We have significant potential. The task is to speed up the introduction of objects into work as much as possible. We already have a schedule according to which they will be launched in stages,” the government official said.
As of the evening of January 28, 639 high-rise buildings in Kyiv remained without heat, city mayor Vitalii Klychko reported.
After the last massive attacks by the Russian Federation, the energy system of Ukraine is under a state of emergency, the most difficult situation is in Kyiv and the Kyiv region.
According to the city authorities, on January 24, as a result of another Russian attack on critical infrastructure in Kyiv, 6,000 houses were left without heat supply. Most of these houses have twice restored or tried to restore heating after the previous mass shelling on January 9 and 20.
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.
The Security Service of Ukraine qualifies Russia’s strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure as crimes against humanity. The SBU previously noted that since the beginning of this year’s heating season, it has documented at least 256 air attacks by the Russian Federation on energy facilities and heat supply systems of Ukraine.