“In addition, according to the ministry, more than 500 settlements in Odesa, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Kirovohrad regions remain without electricity due to bad weather”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, emergency recovery work continues “wherever the security situation allows.”
According to the Ministry of Energy, there is a capacity deficit in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. “The operator of the distribution system in the capital applies temporary schedules taking into account the available amount of available capacity. The return to the stable forecasted schedules of hourly outages will take place after the stabilization of the power system,” the message reads.
The ministry recalled that hourly blackout schedules and power restrictions for industry and business are in place across the country, with emergency shutdowns in place in several regions.
“Such decisions are forced and necessary to preserve the integrity of the energy system. The main reason for the current forced shutdowns is the consequences of nighttime shelling of Ukrainian power plants and substations of electricity transmission and distribution systems. The situation remains the most difficult in the front-line and border regions, where the restoration of electricity supply is complicated by constant hostilities,” the Ministry of Energy reported.
In addition, according to the ministry, more than 500 settlements in Odesa, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Kirovohrad regions remain without electricity due to bad weather.
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 local authorities, as of the morning of January 29, 613 high-rise buildings remain without heat supply in Kyiv, 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.
Meanwhile, DTEK reported that starting at midnight on January 29, Kyiv will introduce temporary updated power shutdown schedules, which will replace the emergency shutdowns that took place after massive Russian shelling.
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.
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.