Kyiv received help from Poland and Germany – Klitschko

The first batch of almost 60 generators arrived in Kyiv from the City Hall and the community of Warsaw. The next batch will arrive in the coming days, the mayor of the capital of Ukraine, Vitaliy Klychko, announced on January 30.

“In total, the Polish capital sent 90 generators (most of them diesel) of different capacities – from 10 to 64 kW. These backup power sources will allow the city to strengthen the level of stability of critical objects, social institutions, and residential buildings. Generators have already begun to be delivered to some districts of Kyiv – in particular, to revive the equipment of houses where there are problems with restoring heat supply,” Klitschko wrote in a telegram, adding that Warsaw Mayor Rafal Tszaskowski himself called and offered help.

Also, on January 30, Kyiv received a batch of humanitarian aid from German partners.

“The charity organization Life Bridge Ukraine and its head Jeanine von Wolfersdorf handed over 6,000 gas stoves, 30,000 gas cylinders and 7,040 heaters to Kyiv. This weekend, they will be distributed through the city’s territorial centers of social assistance to lonely elderly people whose stoves in apartments run on electricity (to houses where there are problems with heat and energy supply today),” Klitschko noted.

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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. The mayor of the city, Vitaliy Klitschko, reported that as of January 30, 378 high-rise buildings were still without heat – out of almost six thousand, in which heating disappeared as a result of the Russian attack on the capital’s critical infrastructure on January 24.

According to the city authorities, most of these houses were 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.