“Analysts emphasize that the attacks highlight Ukraine’s urgent need for additional air defense systems, primarily Patriot systems and interceptor missiles”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Experts note that the attacks of the Russian Federation in the fall of 2025 and in the winter of 2025–2026 significantly worsened the state of the Ukrainian energy grid and had a disproportionately strong impact on the civilian population.
ISW believes that Russia is trying to reduce Ukraine’s power generation capacity and its ability to provide heat to the population in the midst of winter.
Analysts emphasize that these attacks emphasize Ukraine’s urgent need for additional air defense systems, primarily Patriot systems and interceptor missiles.
At night, Ukraine suffered another massive attack by Russia. According to the Ministry of Energy, the forces of the Russian Federation targeted energy, heat supply and other civil infrastructure of Kyiv region, Kharkiv region, Chernihiv region and other regions.
On the night of January 24, Russian troops launched a massive attack on Kyiv, using drones and missiles. Destruction and damage were recorded immediately in 5 districts of the capital. It is known about one dead person and four injured.
After the last massive attacks by the Russian Federation, the energy system of Ukraine is under a state of emergency, the most difficult situation, according to the President of Ukraine, is in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
According to the mayor of the city Vitaliy Klitschko, the Russian attack on January 9 was the most painful for the city’s critical infrastructure. He emphasized that the situation is the most difficult in four years. Emergency blackouts have been ongoing in the city since then.
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.