“In Kyiv, where the electricity situation is difficult, the school winter vacation should be extended until February 1, 2026, Prime Minister Yulia Svyridenko announced. “In Kyiv, the Ministry of Education and the KMDA should extend or establish the winter vacation until February 1, 2026. The decision does not apply to kindergartens,” she wrote in a telegram. According to her, the Ministry of Education and Culture together with regional administrations should determine the need for all educational institutions to temporarily switch from face-to-face learning to remote learning or to extend or introduce winter vacations until February 1, 2026 – depending on the security situation in the region.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In Kyiv, the Ministry of Education and the KMDA should extend or establish the winter vacation until February 1, 2026. The decision does not apply to kindergartens,” she wrote in a telegram
According to her, the Ministry of Education and Culture together with regional administrations should determine the need for all educational institutions to temporarily switch from face-to-face learning to distance learning or to extend or introduce winter vacations until February 1, 2026 – depending on the security situation in the region.
Recently, a particularly difficult situation with energy and heat supply has developed in Kyiv. After the Russian strike on January 9, emergency shutdowns continue. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said that this Russian attack was the most painful for the city’s critical infrastructure. He emphasized that the situation is the most difficult in four years.
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 sector. 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.