Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a conference call on the country’s energy situation, saying the most difficult conditions remain in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as in the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia regions.
The main focus was the capital, he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Zelensky said more than 1,200 buildings in Kyiv are without heating.
“We discussed with local leaders and officials how to provide help as quickly as possible. For now, the timelines that have been mentioned cannot be considered satisfactory — we need to act faster,” Zelensky said.
He singled out the difficult situation in the Darnytskyi district and on the city’s left bank overall.
The president said he expects a report on the situation and possible timelines for restoring heat supply by this evening.
Zelensky also ordered checks on the readiness of Points of Invincibility and other social infrastructure facilities that can serve residents.
He noted that Ukraine should receive alternative sources of electricity in the coming days and weeks - a task set for Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal.
In addition, the commander of Ukraine’s Air Force and the defense minister were instructed to strengthen Kharkiv’s defenses against missile and drone attacks.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said earlier Monday that the capital received the first batch of generators funded by Polish volunteers.
Some 60,000 Poles joined the initiative, raising about 2 million euros in 10 days. The total output of the delivered generators is 2,376 kW.
Klitschko added that Warsaw is also expected to transfer another 90 generators to Kyiv.
Earlier on January 26, scheduled power outages returned to the Kyiv region — energy company DTEK published schedules for the area.
DTEK also published outage schedules for the Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa regions for January 26 — where electricity is off from 14.5 to 16.5 hours a day. In Kyiv, emergency outages continue following Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.
YASNO CEO Serhii Kovalenko said on January 23 that a return to scheduled outages in Kyiv would depend on the weather, the pace of restoring the power system, and the scale of future Russian attacks.
