Kyiv’s mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko, announced on February 14 that heating services have been restored to 400 residential buildings in the city. This comes after a series of attacks on February 12 that left approximately 2,600 buildings without heat.
Klitschko reported that municipal workers are actively engaged in restoring heating to additional high-rise buildings affected by the assaults on Kyiv’s infrastructure. The attacks, attributed to Russian forces, targeted various districts, including Desnyanskyi, Dniprovskyi, Pecherskyi, and Solomianskyi.
The mayor also noted that over 1,100 buildings in Desnyanskyi and Darnytskyi districts had previously lost heating due to earlier strikes that severely damaged the Darnytsia Thermal Power Plant.
Since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have intensified, particularly during the autumn of 2025. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has classified these assaults as crimes against humanity, having documented at least 256 aerial attacks on energy facilities and heating systems since the beginning of the current heating season.
In a related development, the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) reported that searches were conducted at the Kyivenergo company, which has raised concerns about the company’s ability to restore heating services. According to the KCSA, SBU officials carried out searches at the company’s main office on February 12 and 13, based on a court order.
The KCSA expressed that the disruption of operations at the central office has hindered coordination among staff and departments. “At a critical moment for the city, processes necessary for restoring heating services have been effectively blocked,” they stated.
Kyivenergo claimed that essential technical documentation and project contracts needed for repairing damaged facilities and connecting new equipment were seized during the searches. They warned that recovering the confiscated documents could significantly delay restoration efforts.
The KCSA further indicated that ongoing legal actions against management and a shortage of personnel are complicating the operations of winter maintenance services. Local authorities reported that since the start of the 2025-2026 winter season, 12 officials from municipal enterprises have been served with suspicions related to winter maintenance investigations.
As of now, the SBU has not provided any updates regarding these investigative actions.
Kyiv has restored heating to 400 buildings after a recent attack left thousands without heat. Ongoing legal issues and previous strikes continue to challenge the city’s energy infrastructure recovery efforts.