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Volodymyr Zelenskyy sets 2027 as target for Ukraine's EU accession date <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//26//hungarys-pm-viktor-orban-accuses-ukraine-of-election-interference-and-summons-ambassador/">Hungary's PM Viktor Orb\u00e1n accuses Ukraine of election interference and summons ambassador<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Trump speaks to Putin<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target Kyiv for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>The call for a pause in attacks on Ukraine\u2019s capital comes as Russia has been pounding the country\u2019s critical infrastructure, leaving many around the country without heat in the dead of winter.<\/p>\n<p>\"I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week during this...extraordinary cold,\" Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Trump added that Putin has \"agreed to that,\" but there was no confirmation of that from Russia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//64//05//808x539_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg/" alt=\"Emergency service workers set up tents where residents of neighbouring apartment buildings can warm up and sleep at night in Kyiv, 25 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/384x256_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/640x427_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/750x500_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/828x552_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/1080x720_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/1200x800_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/1920x1280_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Emergency service workers set up tents where residents of neighbouring apartment buildings can warm up and sleep at night in Kyiv, 25 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week that over half of all homes in Kyiv were without heating and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//21//over-half-of-kyiv-homes-still-lack-power-after-russian-air-strikes-zelenskyy-says/">most of the city was cut off from electricity<\/strong><\/a> after Russian strikes earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Peace negotiations are poised to resume on Sunday amid doubts about Moscow's commitment to a settlement.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union's foreign policy chief accused Russia on Thursday of not taking the talks seriously, calling for more pressure to be exerted on Moscow to press it into making concessions.<\/p>\n<p>\"We see them increasing their attacks on Ukraine because they can\u2019t make moves on the battlefield. So, they are attacking civilians,\" Kaja Kallas said at a meeting of EU foreign ministers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//63//17//94//808x539_cmsv2_3478ee8e-294b-5aab-91c3-61130f6e52f5-9631794.jpg/" alt=\"Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa region, 29 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/63\/17\/94\/384x256_cmsv2_3478ee8e-294b-5aab-91c3-61130f6e52f5-9631794.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/63\/17\/94\/640x427_cmsv2_3478ee8e-294b-5aab-91c3-61130f6e52f5-9631794.jpg 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region, 29 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/Ukrainian Emergency Service<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>She stressed that Europe, which sees its own future security at stake in Ukraine, must be fully involved in talks to end the war.<\/p>\n<p>The push for a settlement has been led over the past year by the Trump administration and European leaders fear their concerns may not be taken into account.<\/p>\n<p>The number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides during the war could reach 2 million by spring, with Russia sustaining the largest number of troop deaths for any major power in any conflict since World War II, according to a study published by the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.csis.org//analysis//russias-grinding-war-ukraine/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Centre for Strategic and International 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LOSSES IN UKRAINE ","daletPyramidId":4026185,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Russia suffers more losses in its war against Ukraine than any other country since WWII \u2014 report","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Russia suffers more losses in Ukraine than any country since WWII","titleListing2":"Russia has more casualties in its war against Ukraine than any other country since WWII \u2014 report","leadin":"Russia sustained 1.2 million casualties almost four years into its all-out war in Ukraine, suffering more losses than any major power in any war since World War II, according to a CSIS report.","summary":"Russia sustained 1.2 million casualties almost four years into its all-out war in Ukraine, suffering more losses than any major power in any war since World War II, according to a CSIS report.","keySentence":"","url":"russia-suffers-more-losses-in-its-war-against-ukraine-than-any-other-country-since-wwii-re","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/28\/russia-suffers-more-losses-in-its-war-against-ukraine-than-any-other-country-since-wwii-re","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Russia has paid \u201can extraordinary price for minimal gains\u201d in its war against Ukraine, the Center for Strategic and International Studies stated in its latest report.\n\nAccording to the CSIS, Russian forces have suffered nearly 1.2 million casualties since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\n\nThis number is roughly equal to the population of Brussels.\n\nThe CSIS explained that the million-plus figure includes killed, wounded and missing, while the death toll alone has seen 325,000 Russian soldiers killed since February 2022.\n\n\u201cNo major power has suffered anywhere near these numbers of casualties or fatalities\u00a0in any war\u00a0since World War II,\u201d the CSIS said.\n\nFor comparison, US battlefield casualty and fatality numbers are \"significantly lower,\" according to the report, with the United States \"suffering 54,487 battle deaths during the Korean War (and) 47,434 deaths during the Vietnam War.\"\n\nLater US interventions resulted in even fewer casualties, with \"149 deaths during the 1990\u20131991 Gulf War, 2,465 deaths in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom\u2019s Sentinel, and 4,432 deaths in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom\".\n\nAt the same time, the CSIS pointed out that despite massive human losses, Russian forces are advancing \u201cremarkably slowly on the battlefield\u201d.\n\nIn the Pokrovsk offensive, for example, Russian forces advanced at an average rate of just 70 meters per day.\n\n\u201cThis is slower than the most brutal offensive campaigns over the last century, including the notoriously bloody Battle of the Somme during World War I,\u201d the CSIS said, adding that Russian forces have gained less than 1.5% of Ukrainian territory since the start of 2024.\n\nThe think tank also estimated that Moscow is paying a heavy economic price for its all-out war against Ukraine. According to the report, Russia \u201cis becoming a second- or third-rate economic power\u201d as its economy is under strain due to the war.\n\nKyiv wants to inflict further damage\n\nLast week at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian losses had risen to 35,000 killed per month in December last year.\n\nThis translates to roughly 48 Russian soldiers killed per hour.\n\nIn December 2024, this number was less than half of today's numbers, Zelenskyy said, pointing to 14,000 Russian troops killed a year ago.\n\nUkraine\u2019s Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov added later that \u201call these losses are verified on video\u201d.\n\n\u201cIf we reach 50,000 (killed), we will see what happens to the enemy\u201d, Fedorov said, calling it a \u201cstrategic objective\u201d for Kyiv. \u201cThey view people as a resource, and shortages are already evident\".\n\nZelenskyy also stated at Davos that Moscow mobilises between 40,000 and 43,000\u00a0troops per month. Neither Ukraine nor Russia reveals their losses publicly.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russia has paid \u201can extraordinary price for minimal gains\u201d in its war against Ukraine, the Center for Strategic and International Studies stated in its latest report.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CSIS, Russian forces have suffered nearly 1.2 million casualties since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>This number is roughly equal to the population of Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>The CSIS explained that the million-plus figure includes killed, wounded and missing, while the death toll alone has seen 325,000 Russian soldiers killed since February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo major power has suffered anywhere near these numbers of casualties or fatalities in any war since World War II,\u201d the CSIS said.<\/p>\n<p>For comparison, US battlefield casualty and fatality numbers are \"significantly lower,\" according to the report, with the United States \"suffering 54,487 battle deaths during the Korean War (and) 47,434 deaths during the Vietnam War.\" <\/p>\n<p>Later US interventions resulted in even fewer casualties, with \"149 deaths during the 1990\u20131991 Gulf War, 2,465 deaths in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom\u2019s Sentinel, and 4,432 deaths in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom\".<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the CSIS pointed out that despite massive human losses, Russian forces are advancing \u201cremarkably slowly on the battlefield\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In the Pokrovsk offensive, for example, Russian forces advanced at an average rate of just 70 meters per day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is slower than the most brutal offensive campaigns over the last century, including the notoriously bloody Battle of the Somme during World War I,\u201d the CSIS said, adding that Russian forces have gained less than 1.5% of Ukrainian territory since the start of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The think tank also estimated that Moscow is paying a heavy economic price for its all-out war against Ukraine. According to the report, Russia \u201cis becoming a second- or third-rate economic power\u201d as its economy is under strain due to the war.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Kyiv wants to inflict further damage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Last week at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian losses had risen to 35,000 killed per month in December last year. <\/p>\n<p>This translates to roughly 48 Russian soldiers killed per hour.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2024, this number was less than half of today's numbers, Zelenskyy said, pointing to 14,000 Russian troops killed a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov added later that \u201call these losses are verified on video\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we reach 50,000 (killed), we will see what happens to the enemy\u201d, Fedorov said, calling it a \u201cstrategic objective\u201d for Kyiv. \u201cThey view people as a resource, and shortages are already evident\".<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy also stated at Davos that Moscow mobilises between 40,000 and 43,000 troops per month. Neither Ukraine nor Russia reveals their losses publicly.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1769591641,"updatedAt":1769595751,"publishedAt":1769595728,"firstPublishedAt":1769595728,"lastPublishedAt":1769595728,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/92\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2ac567e7-67e9-5c19-b033-02eb59944d75-9629214.jpg","altText":"FILE: A street performer walks past a patriotic billboard showing a Russian serviceman and the slogan \"The Motherland that we defend\" in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 14, 2023","caption":"FILE: A street performer walks past a patriotic billboard showing a Russian serviceman and the slogan \"The Motherland that we defend\" in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 14, 2023","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1332}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":598,"urlSafeValue":"vakulina","title":"Sasha Vakulina","twitter":"@sashavakulina"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":26698,"slug":"russia-ukraine-invasion","urlSafeValue":"russia-ukraine-invasion","title":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine","titleRaw":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine"},{"id":26692,"slug":"war-in-ukraine","urlSafeValue":"war-in-ukraine","title":"War in Ukraine","titleRaw":"War in Ukraine"},{"id":19400,"slug":"volodymyr-zelensky","urlSafeValue":"volodymyr-zelensky","title":"Volodymyr Zelenskyy","titleRaw":"Volodymyr Zelenskyy"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2865637},{"id":2865505}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":288,"urlSafeValue":"ukraine","title":"Ukraine","url":"\/news\/europe\/ukraine"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2026\/01\/28\/russia-suffers-more-losses-in-its-war-against-ukraine-than-any-other-country-since-wwii-re","lastModified":1769595728},{"id":2865730,"cid":9628981,"versionId":4,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"RUSSIA STRIKES TRAIN UKRAINE","daletPyramidId":4024308,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Russia strikes passenger train in Ukraine, killing five","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Russia strikes passenger train in Ukraine, killing five","titleListing2":"Russia strikes passenger train in Ukraine, killing five","leadin":"A Russian drone struck a passenger train late on Tuesday, killing at least five. Zelenskyy called the attack on a passenger train 'an act of terrorism'.","summary":"A Russian drone struck a passenger train late on Tuesday, killing at least five. Zelenskyy called the attack on a passenger train 'an act of terrorism'.","keySentence":"","url":"russia-strikes-passenger-train-in-ukraine-killing-five","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/28\/russia-strikes-passenger-train-in-ukraine-killing-five","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At least five people were killed after a Russian drone struck a passenger train in the Kharkiv region late on Tuesday, in the latest round of missile and drone attacks across Ukraine.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike an \"act of terrorism,\" and posted a short video on X depicting one of the train carriages on fire. Regional emergency services have since said the fire has been extinguished.\n\n\"There is, and can be, no military justification for killing civilians in a train carriage,\" Zelenskyy wrote on X, \"In particular, over 200 people were on the train, and 18 were in the carriage hit by one of the Russian drones\".\n\n\"The Russians have significantly increased their capacity to kill, their capacity to terrorise,\" he added, reiterating the need to assert more pressure on Moscow, a message Zelenskyy has repeatedly delivered to its allies.\n\nRussia also targeted Ukrainian capital Kyiv, which has increasingly come under fire in recent months, killing at least two people.\n\n\"In Bilogorodska community, two of our compatriots, man and a woman, died as a result of the attack,\"\u00a0the head of Kyiv region's military administration Mykola Kalashnyk said in a post on Telegram.\n\nAccording to Ukraine's national police, the couple's four-year-old child survived but had been wounded in the attack. Three others were also injured.\n\nMeanwhile in Odesa, at least three people were injured as Russia launched drones at the Black Sea port city for a second consecutive night.\n\nA day prior, Russia launched a barrage of over 50 drones at the city. Officials said on Tuesday that the attack killed at least three people and wounded more than 30 others, including two children.\n\nThe drones targeted the city's power grid, which Moscow has repeatedly attacked to cut power and heating in the height of winter, as well as five apartment buildings.\n\nOdesa is a strategic hub for Ukrainian exports and has been frequently targeted by Moscow.\n\nAccording to Ukrainian authorities, the drones used to attack the southern Ukrainian city included models that were recently upgraded by Russia to improve their range and strike power.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>At least five people were killed after a Russian drone struck a passenger train in the Kharkiv region late on Tuesday, in the latest round of missile and drone attacks across Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike an \"act of terrorism,\" and posted a short video on X depicting one of the train carriages on fire. Regional emergency services have since said the fire has been extinguished. <\/p>\n<p>\"There is, and can be, no military justification for killing civilians in a train carriage,\" Zelenskyy wrote on X, \"In particular, over 200 people were on the train, and 18 were in the carriage hit by one of the Russian drones\".<\/p>\n<p>\"The Russians have significantly increased their capacity to kill, their capacity to terrorise,\" he added, reiterating the need to assert more pressure on Moscow, a message Zelenskyy has repeatedly delivered to its allies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2016234074495418655\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Russia also targeted Ukrainian capital Kyiv, which has increasingly come under fire in recent months, killing at least two people. <\/p>\n<p>\"In Bilogorodska community, two of our compatriots, man and a woman, died as a result of the attack,\" the head of Kyiv region's military administration Mykola Kalashnyk said in a post on Telegram. <\/p>\n<p>According to Ukraine's national police, the couple's four-year-old child survived but had been wounded in the attack. Three others were also injured. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in Odesa, at least three people were injured as Russia launched drones at the Black Sea port city for a second consecutive night. <\/p>\n<p>A day prior, Russia launched a barrage of over 50 drones at the city. Officials said on Tuesday that the attack killed at least three people and wounded more than 30 others, including two children. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6650390625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//89//81//808x539_cmsv2_632e5641-4b56-5006-971a-ad3bf134afed-9628981.jpg/" alt=\"Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building which was heavily damaged after a Russian strike in Odesa, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/89\/81\/384x255_cmsv2_632e5641-4b56-5006-971a-ad3bf134afed-9628981.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/89\/81\/640x426_cmsv2_632e5641-4b56-5006-971a-ad3bf134afed-9628981.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/89\/81\/750x499_cmsv2_632e5641-4b56-5006-971a-ad3bf134afed-9628981.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/89\/81\/828x551_cmsv2_632e5641-4b56-5006-971a-ad3bf134afed-9628981.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/89\/81\/1080x718_cmsv2_632e5641-4b56-5006-971a-ad3bf134afed-9628981.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/89\/81\/1200x798_cmsv2_632e5641-4b56-5006-971a-ad3bf134afed-9628981.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/89\/81\/1920x1277_cmsv2_632e5641-4b56-5006-971a-ad3bf134afed-9628981.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building which was heavily damaged after a Russian strike in Odesa, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Michael Shtekel\/2026 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The drones targeted the city's power grid, which Moscow has repeatedly attacked to cut power and heating in the height of winter, as well as five apartment buildings. <\/p>\n<p>Odesa is a strategic hub for Ukrainian exports and has been frequently targeted by Moscow. <\/p>\n<p>According to Ukrainian authorities, the drones used to attack the southern Ukrainian city included models that were recently upgraded by Russia to improve their range and strike power. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1769579269,"updatedAt":1769598775,"publishedAt":1769582832,"firstPublishedAt":1769582832,"lastPublishedAt":1769598775,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP","altText":"Firefighters put out the fire after Russian drones hit a passenger train in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"Firefighters put out the fire after Russian drones hit a passenger train in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.","url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/89\/81\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_90aad29e-72da-5121-9fa9-f4de0705fd07-9628981.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":576},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Michael Shtekel\/2026 The AP. 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eight men, hailing from Russia, Ukraine and Armenia, appealed to Putin, US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to include them in any prisoner releases agreed in talks on how to end Russia's ongoing all-out war.\n\nThey were jailed last year but have always denied their guilt, describing themselves in their plea for freedom as \"eight ordinary people ... who got up every day to earn for bread, pay rent, hug their kids.\"\n\n\"But now we are 'terrorists'. We are sentenced to life in prison, to a slow and degrading death in the cement cages of Russian prisons,\" they said in the letter published by Russia's rights group Memorial.\n\nSome of the men were linked to the transport of construction material, which turned out to have been packed with hidden explosives, but they have always insisted they did not know about it.\n\nThe men include the head of a St Petersburg logistics company, farmers and fruit traders from occupied Ukraine, and a truck driver.\n\nAt the sentencing in November, logistics and supply manager Oleg Antipov, who had found a driver to transport materials to Crimea, shouted: \"We are innocent.\"\n\nIn 2023, the then-head of Ukraine's security service, Vasyl Malyuk, admitted Kyiv had used \"so many people in the dark\" for the attack and said Moscow had arrested people who were \"in reality engaged in their usual everyday business.\"\n\nAmong them is farmer Roman Solomko from occupied Ukraine who said he advised a neighbour on how to bring materials into Russia following the imposition of Western sanctions. He insisted he was unaware of the explosives.\n\nThe other men include fruit trader Vladimir Zlob, warehouse owners Artem and Georgy Azatyan, another trader, Alexander Bylin, and Armenian trucker Artur Terchanyan, who say they were part of what they believed was regular transport logistics.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Eight men who were handed life sentences by Russian judges over an attack on a bridge linking the Moscow-annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea to Russia issued a joint appeal to be freed on Tuesday, saying they did not know about the Kyiv-planned operation.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 blast killed five people and badly damaged the Kerch Bridge, which was built after Russia occupied and unilaterally annexed the region from Ukraine in 2014 in a show of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge has been struck in two further major attacks in 2023 and 2025, both carried out by Ukrainian forces as they pushed back against Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion launched in early 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The eight men, hailing from Russia, Ukraine and Armenia, appealed to Putin, US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to include them in any prisoner releases agreed in talks on how to end Russia's ongoing all-out war.<\/p>\n<p>They were jailed last year but have always denied their guilt, describing themselves in their plea for freedom as \"eight ordinary people ... who got up every day to earn for bread, pay rent, hug their kids.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//87//02//808x539_cmsv2_064f29b2-5953-5e0a-8913-9b5fa3c54aa0-9628702.jpg/" alt=\"Eight men tried on terrorism charges over a 2022 attack on the Kerch Bridge linking Russia to Crimea in a military court in Rostov-on-Don, 27 November, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/384x256_cmsv2_064f29b2-5953-5e0a-8913-9b5fa3c54aa0-9628702.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/640x427_cmsv2_064f29b2-5953-5e0a-8913-9b5fa3c54aa0-9628702.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/750x500_cmsv2_064f29b2-5953-5e0a-8913-9b5fa3c54aa0-9628702.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/828x552_cmsv2_064f29b2-5953-5e0a-8913-9b5fa3c54aa0-9628702.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/1080x720_cmsv2_064f29b2-5953-5e0a-8913-9b5fa3c54aa0-9628702.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/1200x800_cmsv2_064f29b2-5953-5e0a-8913-9b5fa3c54aa0-9628702.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/1920x1280_cmsv2_064f29b2-5953-5e0a-8913-9b5fa3c54aa0-9628702.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Eight men tried on terrorism charges over a 2022 attack on the Kerch Bridge linking Russia to Crimea in a military court in Rostov-on-Don, 27 November, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"But now we are 'terrorists'. We are sentenced to life in prison, to a slow and degrading death in the cement cages of Russian prisons,\" they said in the letter published by Russia's rights group Memorial.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the men were linked to the transport of construction material, which turned out to have been packed with hidden explosives, but they have always insisted they did not know about it.<\/p>\n<p>The men include the head of a St Petersburg logistics company, farmers and fruit traders from occupied Ukraine, and a truck driver.<\/p>\n<p>At the sentencing in November, logistics and supply manager Oleg Antipov, who had found a driver to transport materials to Crimea, shouted: \"We are innocent.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6655\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//87//02//808x539_cmsv2_69da1412-1275-5c5b-933a-2e1ac237c9b5-9628702.jpg/" alt=\"Youths mark the ninth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in Yalta, 17 March, 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/384x256_cmsv2_69da1412-1275-5c5b-933a-2e1ac237c9b5-9628702.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/640x426_cmsv2_69da1412-1275-5c5b-933a-2e1ac237c9b5-9628702.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/750x499_cmsv2_69da1412-1275-5c5b-933a-2e1ac237c9b5-9628702.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/828x551_cmsv2_69da1412-1275-5c5b-933a-2e1ac237c9b5-9628702.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/1080x719_cmsv2_69da1412-1275-5c5b-933a-2e1ac237c9b5-9628702.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/1200x799_cmsv2_69da1412-1275-5c5b-933a-2e1ac237c9b5-9628702.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/87\/02\/1920x1278_cmsv2_69da1412-1275-5c5b-933a-2e1ac237c9b5-9628702.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Youths mark the ninth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in Yalta, 17 March, 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In 2023, the then-head of Ukraine's security service, Vasyl Malyuk, admitted Kyiv had used \"so many people in the dark\" for the attack and said Moscow had arrested people who were \"in reality engaged in their usual everyday business.\"<\/p>\n<p>Among them is farmer Roman Solomko from occupied Ukraine who said he advised a neighbour on how to bring materials into Russia following the imposition of Western sanctions. He insisted he was unaware of the explosives.<\/p>\n<p>The other men include fruit trader Vladimir Zlob, warehouse owners Artem and Georgy Azatyan, another trader, Alexander Bylin, and Armenian trucker Artur Terchanyan, who say they were part of what they believed was regular transport logistics.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1769539198,"updatedAt":1769618660,"publishedAt":1769540740,"firstPublishedAt":1769540740,"lastPublishedAt":1769618659,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"Flames and smoke rise from the Kerch Bridge connecting the Russian mainland and the Crimean peninsula, 8 October, 2022","callToActionText":null,"width":1620,"caption":"Flames and smoke rise from the Kerch Bridge connecting the Russian mainland and the Crimean peninsula, 8 October, 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EU accession","titleListing2":"Volodymyr Zelenskyy sets 2027 as target for Ukraine's EU accession date ","leadin":"According to an EU official speaking on condition of anonymity, Brussels is also floating the idea of 'gradual membership' to accelerate Ukraine's accession.","summary":"According to an EU official speaking on condition of anonymity, Brussels is also floating the idea of 'gradual membership' to accelerate Ukraine's accession.","keySentence":"","url":"volodimir-zelenskyy-sets-2027-as-target-for-ukraines-eu-accession-date","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/01\/27\/volodimir-zelenskyy-sets-2027-as-target-for-ukraines-eu-accession-date","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that his country is aiming to join the European Union in 2027.\n\nPosting on X after a phone conversation with the Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker, Zelenskyy said EU membership could be a part of a range of international security 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WAR TUESDAY","daletPyramidId":4012331,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"At least three killed in Russian strike on Odesa as Zelenskyy urges speedier diplomacy","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"At least three killed and 23 wounded in Russian strikes on Odesa","titleListing2":"At least three killed in Russian strike on Odesa as Zelenskyy urges speedier diplomacy","leadin":"A diplomatic push by the US to end the war has made some progress but has delivered no breakthrough on the key issue of what happens to Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory that Moscow is demanding.","summary":"A diplomatic push by the US to end the war has made some progress but has delivered no breakthrough on the key issue of what happens to Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory that Moscow is demanding.","keySentence":"","url":"at-least-three-killed-in-russian-strike-on-odesa-as-zelenskyy-urges-speedier-diplomacy","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/27\/at-least-three-killed-in-russian-strike-on-odesa-as-zelenskyy-urges-speedier-diplomacy","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A heavy Russian drone bombardment of Ukraine's southern city of Odesa killed at least three people and wounded 23, including two children and a pregnant woman, officials said on Tuesday, as Ukrainian President\u00a0Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u00a0called for speedier US efforts to end Russia's\u00a0almost four-year invasion of his country.\n\nThe Odesa attack involved more than 50 drones, some of them models recently upgraded by Russia to improve their range and strike power, according to Ukrainian authorities.\n\nThe drones targeted the power grid, which Russia has repeatedly bombarded during the\u00a0coldest winter in years, and also hit five apartment blocks, officials said.\n\nEmergency crews retrieved the bodies of two men, aged 90 and 52, and a woman from the rubble, authorities said.\n\n\"The rescue operation will continue until the fate of all people who may be under the rubble is clarified,\" Zelenskyy said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that an informal Protestant place of worship was also damaged.\n\n\"Each such Russian strike undermines diplomacy, which is still ongoing, and hits, in particular, the efforts of partners who are helping to end this war,\" he said.\n\nA\u00a0diplomatic push\u00a0by the Trump administration to end the war\u00a0has made some progress, according to officials, but has delivered no breakthrough on the key issue of what happens to Russian-occupied Ukrainian land and other territory that Moscow is demanding.\n\nAnalysts says that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in no rush to reach a settlement, despite\u00a0his army's difficulties\u00a0on the roughly 1,000-kilometre front line.\n\nHe believes that time is on his side, that Western support for Kyiv will fade and that Ukraine\u2019s resistance will eventually break under pressure, according to analysts.\n\nTo replenish its forces and keep up the pressure on Kyiv, Moscow is\u00a0offering cash bonuses, freeing convicts from prison and luring foreigners to join its army.\n\nAn Associated Press investigation found that\u00a0unwitting Bangladeshi workers\u00a0were enticed to Russia under the false promise of civilian work before being thrown into combat in Ukraine.\n\nZelenskyy said late on Monday the next round of talks with the United States and Russia is pencilled in for 1 February but that \"it would be good if this meeting could be accelerated.\"\n\nHe also urged that, in the meantime, additional sanctions be imposed on Russia to compel the Kremlin to make compromises.\n\nRussia fired 165 drones at Ukraine overnight, with 24 of them that got through air defences hitting targets in seven regions, according to Ukraine\u2019s air force.\n\nIn recent weeks, the relentless barrages have damaged some of Ukraine's protected world heritage sites in Odesa, the western city of Lviv and the capital, Kyiv, UNESCO said on Tuesday.\n\nThey have also\u00a0knocked out power\u00a0to hundreds of thousands of civilians. More than 900 apartment blocks remained without heating in several districts of Kyiv on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said.\n\nKyiv, a city of about 3 million people, is dominated by tower blocks, many from the Soviet era.\n\nRussia has been\u00a0improving its drone technology\u00a0and tactics, striking Ukraine with increasing success.\n\nThe Ukrainian Defence Ministry's main intelligence directorate said earlier this month that Russia had deployed the new jet-powered \"Geran-5\" strike drone against Ukraine for the first time.\n\nThe Geran is a Russian variant of the Iranian-designed Shahed.\n\nAccording to the directorate, the drone can carry a 90-kilogram warhead and has a range of nearly 1,000 kilometres.\n\nIn response, Ukraine has significantly expanded production of interceptor drones, as well as developing its own long-range drones.\n\nThe Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that its air defences shot down 19 Ukrainian drones overnight into Tuesday over several Russian regions.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A heavy Russian drone bombardment of Ukraine's southern city of Odesa killed at least three people and wounded 23, including two children and a pregnant woman, officials said on Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for speedier US efforts to end Russia's almost four-year invasion of his country.<\/p>\n<p>The Odesa attack involved more than 50 drones, some of them models recently upgraded by Russia to improve their range and strike power, according to Ukrainian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The drones targeted the power grid, which Russia has repeatedly bombarded during the coldest winter in years, and also hit five apartment blocks, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews retrieved the bodies of two men, aged 90 and 52, and a woman from the rubble, authorities said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div 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https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/76\/46\/828x551_cmsv2_a855df05-121c-5a2f-876d-ffdb06fa7fbe-9627646.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/76\/46\/1080x718_cmsv2_a855df05-121c-5a2f-876d-ffdb06fa7fbe-9627646.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/76\/46\/1200x798_cmsv2_a855df05-121c-5a2f-876d-ffdb06fa7fbe-9627646.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/76\/46\/1920x1277_cmsv2_a855df05-121c-5a2f-876d-ffdb06fa7fbe-9627646.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building which was heavily damaged after a Russian strike in Odesa, 27 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"The rescue operation will continue until the fate of all people who may be under the rubble is clarified,\" Zelenskyy said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that an informal Protestant place of worship was also damaged.<\/p>\n<p>\"Each such Russian strike undermines diplomacy, which is still ongoing, and hits, in particular, the efforts of partners who are helping to end this war,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>A diplomatic push by the Trump administration to end the war has made some progress, according to officials, but has delivered no breakthrough on the key issue of what happens to Russian-occupied Ukrainian land and other territory that Moscow is demanding.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts says that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in no rush to reach a settlement, despite his army's difficulties on the roughly 1,000-kilometre front line.<\/p>\n<p>He believes that time is on his side, that Western support for Kyiv will fade and that Ukraine\u2019s resistance will eventually break under pressure, according to analysts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2016105646005899394\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>To replenish its forces and keep up the pressure on Kyiv, Moscow is offering cash bonuses, freeing convicts from prison and luring foreigners to join its army.<\/p>\n<p>An Associated Press investigation found that unwitting Bangladeshi workers were enticed to Russia under the false promise of civilian work before being thrown into combat in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said late on Monday the next round of talks with the United States and Russia is pencilled in for 1 February but that \"it would be good if this meeting could be accelerated.\"<\/p>\n<p>He also urged that, in the meantime, additional sanctions be imposed on Russia to compel the Kremlin to make compromises.<\/p>\n<p>Russia fired 165 drones at Ukraine overnight, with 24 of them that got through air defences hitting targets in seven regions, according to Ukraine\u2019s air force.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//22//we-need-support-we-need-help-ukraine-energy-provider-ceo-says-during-kyiv-blackout/">'We need support, we need help,' Ukraine energy provider CEO says during Kyiv blackout<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//21//over-half-of-kyiv-homes-still-lack-power-after-russian-air-strikes-zelenskyy-says/">Over half of Kyiv homes still lack power after Russian air strikes, Zelenskyy says<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In recent weeks, the relentless barrages have damaged some of Ukraine's protected world heritage sites in Odesa, the western city of Lviv and the capital, Kyiv, UNESCO said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>They have also knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of civilians. More than 900 apartment blocks remained without heating in several districts of Kyiv on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv, a city of about 3 million people, is dominated by tower blocks, many from the Soviet era.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has been improving its drone technology and tactics, striking Ukraine with increasing success.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Defence Ministry's main intelligence directorate said earlier this month that Russia had deployed the new jet-powered \"Geran-5\" strike drone against Ukraine for the first time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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prolonged.","keySentence":"","url":"germany-slams-russias-stubborn-insistence-on-ukraine-territorial-claims","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/26\/germany-slams-russias-stubborn-insistence-on-ukraine-territorial-claims","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul denounced Russia's \"stubborn insistence on the crucial territorial issue\" on Monday following talks between Russian, Ukrainian and US envoys in Abu Dhabi on ending Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine.\n\n\"What I am hearing and reading today, including from the negotiations in the United Arab Emirates, is only Russia's stubborn insistence on the crucial territorial issue,\" Wadephul said during a visit to Latvia.\n\n\"And if there is no flexibility here, I fear that the negotiations may still take a long time or may not be successful at this stage.\"\n\nWadephul welcomed the US-mediated talks but added that it was \"clear that Europe must be at the table when decisions are made about the security order of our continent and Russia must know that our commitment to diplomacy does not come at the expense of our determination to support Ukraine.\"\n\nSpeaking alongside Latvia's foreign minister, Wadephul stressed that it was \"a decisive moment for the future of our European continent.\"\n\n\"We will only see real peace negotiations if Russia understands that Europe stands united with Ukraine,\" he said.\n\nThe three-way talks in Abu Dhabi took place on Friday and Saturday and another round is planned for next week, an anonymous US official said.\n\nWorking towards peace\n\nOfficials revealed few details of the talks, part of a yearlong\u00a0effort by US President Donald Trump and his administration\u00a0to negotiate a peace deal and end almost four years of Russia's all-out war.\n\nDespite Washington's calls for a compromise, Moscow's maximalist demands have been seen as the main obstacle so far, which include Moscow retaining control of the Ukrainian territories it has occupied.\n\nTrump has set deadlines for an agreement and threatened additional sanctions on Moscow, but Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently\u00a0has not budged.\n\nUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also described the Abu Dhabi talks as constructive, saying on Sunday that a document outlining US security guarantees for Ukraine in a postwar scenario is \"100% ready,\" although it still needs to be formally signed.\n\nKyiv has insisted on Washington's security commitments as part of any broader peace agreement with Moscow after Russia\u2019s 2014 illegal annexation of Crimea and its initial invasion of eastern Ukraine, followed by its full-scale war in February 2022.\n\nZelenskyy has acknowledged that there are fundamental differences between Ukrainian and Russian positions, although he said last week that peace proposals are \"nearly ready\".\n\nMeanwhile, Russia's grinding war of attrition along the roughly 1,000-kilometre front line snaking through eastern and southern Ukraine has dragged on, and Ukrainian civilians are enduring\u00a0another winter of hardship\u00a0after Russian bombardment of cities in the rear.\n\nRussian forces launched 138 drones at Ukraine overnight, 110 of which were shot down or suppressed, Ukraine's air force said, and 21 of them hit targets in 11 locations.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul denounced Russia's \"stubborn insistence on the crucial territorial issue\" on Monday following talks between Russian, Ukrainian and US envoys in Abu Dhabi on ending Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\"What I am hearing and reading today, including from the negotiations in the United Arab Emirates, is only Russia's stubborn insistence on the crucial territorial issue,\" Wadephul said during a visit to Latvia.<\/p>\n<p>\"And if there is no flexibility here, I fear that the negotiations may still take a long time or may not be successful at this stage.\"<\/p>\n<p>Wadephul welcomed the US-mediated talks but added that it was \"clear that Europe must be at the table when decisions are made about the security order of our continent and Russia must know that our commitment to diplomacy does not come at the expense of our determination to support Ukraine.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//64//05//808x539_cmsv2_f5759863-291f-5205-a364-f168721234db-9626405.jpg/" alt=\"German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks during a media conference in Vilnius, 5 January, 2026\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks during a media conference in Vilnius, 5 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Speaking alongside Latvia's foreign minister, Wadephul stressed that it was \"a decisive moment for the future of our European continent.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We will only see real peace negotiations if Russia understands that Europe stands united with Ukraine,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>The three-way talks in Abu Dhabi took place on Friday and Saturday and another round is planned for next week, an anonymous US official said. <\/p>\n<h2>Working towards peace<\/h2>\n<p>Officials revealed few details of the talks, part of a yearlong effort by US President Donald Trump and his administration to negotiate a peace deal and end almost four years of Russia's all-out war.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Washington's calls for a compromise, Moscow's maximalist demands have been seen as the main obstacle so far, which include Moscow retaining control of the Ukrainian territories it has occupied.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has set deadlines for an agreement and threatened additional sanctions on Moscow, but Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently has not budged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2015771905328890112\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also described the Abu Dhabi talks as constructive, saying on Sunday that a document outlining US security guarantees for Ukraine in a postwar scenario is \"100% ready,\" although it still needs to be formally signed.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv has insisted on Washington's security commitments as part of any broader peace agreement with Moscow after Russia\u2019s 2014 illegal annexation of Crimea and its initial invasion of eastern Ukraine, followed by its full-scale war in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy has acknowledged that there are fundamental differences between Ukrainian and Russian positions, although he said last week that peace proposals are \"nearly ready\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//64//05//808x539_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg/" alt=\"Emergency service workers set up tents where residents of neighbouring apartment buildings can warm up and sleep at night in Kyiv, 25 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/384x256_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/640x427_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/750x500_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/828x552_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/1080x720_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/1200x800_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/1920x1280_cmsv2_ad3a824e-25a8-5739-9f80-68993f61016d-9626405.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Emergency service workers set up tents where residents of neighbouring apartment buildings can warm up and sleep at night in Kyiv, 25 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Russia's grinding war of attrition along the roughly 1,000-kilometre front line snaking through eastern and southern Ukraine has dragged on, and Ukrainian civilians are enduring another winter of hardship after Russian bombardment of cities in the rear.<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces launched 138 drones at Ukraine overnight, 110 of which were shot down or suppressed, Ukraine's air force said, and 21 of them hit targets in 11 locations.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1769432977,"updatedAt":1769434417,"publishedAt":1769434405,"firstPublishedAt":1769434405,"lastPublishedAt":1769434405,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/64\/05\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1a03ad01-4535-5614-bcde-717eb720f3cd-9626405.jpg","altText":"Servicemen fire a 2S1 Gvozdika self propelled howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar town, 18 January, 2026","caption":"Servicemen fire a 2S1 Gvozdika self propelled howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar town, 18 January, 2026","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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attacks","titleListing2":"Zelenskyy calls on allies to provide more air defence as Russian strikes plunge Kyiv into cold","leadin":"The Ukrainian president said that Russia launched over 1,700 drones, 1,380 bombs, and 69 missiles over the past week, leaving hundreds of buildings in the capital without heating.","summary":"The Ukrainian president said that Russia launched over 1,700 drones, 1,380 bombs, and 69 missiles over the past week, leaving hundreds of buildings in the capital without heating.","keySentence":"","url":"zelenskyy-calls-on-to-allies-to-provide-more-air-defence-as-russian-strikes-plunge-kyiv-in","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/25\/zelenskyy-calls-on-to-allies-to-provide-more-air-defence-as-russian-strikes-plunge-kyiv-in","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Western allies to provide more air defence support on Sunday, as Russian strikes have left hundreds of buildings in Kyiv without heating and electricity in freezing temperatures.\n\nRussia has hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure throughout the nearly four-year all-out war, but Kyiv says this winter has been the toughest.\n\n\"This week alone, the Russians have launched more than 1,700 attack drones, over 1,380 guided aerial bombs, and 69 missiles of various types,\" Zelenskyy said as he arrived in Vilnius to take part in a ceremony to commemorate the 1863 uprising in Poland and Lithuania against tsarist Russia.\n\n\"That is why missiles for air defence systems are needed every day, and we continue working with the United States and Europe to ensure stronger protection of our skies,\" he added.\n\nKyiv is particularly hit hard, with half a million people forced to evacuate.\n\nMayor Vitali Klitschko said \"there are currently 1,676 high-rise apartment buildings in Kyiv without heating following the enemy's attack on Kyiv\u00a0city on 24 January.\"\n\nSub-zero temperatures and repeated air strikes have hindered efforts by repair crews to restore heating and electricity.\n\nOn Friday and Saturday, officials from the US, Russia and Ukraine participated in talks in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending the war.\n\nThough the negotiations provided no breakthrough, Zelenskyy said they were nevertheless \"constructive,\" with both sides agreeing to meet again in Abu Dhabi as early as next week.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Western allies to provide more air defence support on Sunday, as Russian strikes have left hundreds of buildings in Kyiv without heating and electricity in freezing temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure throughout the nearly four-year all-out war, but Kyiv says this winter has been the toughest.<\/p>\n<p>\"This week alone, the Russians have launched more than 1,700 attack drones, over 1,380 guided aerial bombs, and 69 missiles of various types,\" Zelenskyy said as he arrived in Vilnius to take part in a ceremony to commemorate the 1863 uprising in Poland and Lithuania against tsarist Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\"That is why missiles for air defence systems are needed every day, and we continue working with the United States and Europe to ensure stronger protection of our skies,\" he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//54//54//808x539_cmsv2_f6a992f7-e129-54cc-84eb-7b2027846fb7-9625454.jpg/" alt=\"People take shelter in a subway station during Russia&#x27;s night missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, 24 Jan, 2026. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/54\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_f6a992f7-e129-54cc-84eb-7b2027846fb7-9625454.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/54\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_f6a992f7-e129-54cc-84eb-7b2027846fb7-9625454.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/54\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_f6a992f7-e129-54cc-84eb-7b2027846fb7-9625454.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/54\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_f6a992f7-e129-54cc-84eb-7b2027846fb7-9625454.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/54\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_f6a992f7-e129-54cc-84eb-7b2027846fb7-9625454.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/54\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_f6a992f7-e129-54cc-84eb-7b2027846fb7-9625454.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/54\/54\/1920x1280_cmsv2_f6a992f7-e129-54cc-84eb-7b2027846fb7-9625454.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, 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href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//24//abu-dhabi-hosts-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-with-territorial-issues-a-priority/">talks in Abu Dhabi<\/a> aimed at ending the war.<\/p>\n<p>Though the negotiations provided no breakthrough, Zelenskyy said they were nevertheless \"constructive,\" with both sides agreeing to meet again in Abu Dhabi as early as next week.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1769354595,"updatedAt":1769413730,"publishedAt":1769362487,"firstPublishedAt":1769362487,"lastPublishedAt":1769413729,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Dan Bashakov\/Copyright 2026 The AP. 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SATURDAY ATTACKS","daletPyramidId":3985886,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Ukraine facing emergency power cuts after Russian strikes hit energy infrastructure","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Ukraine facing emergency power cuts after multiple Russian strikes","titleListing2":"Ukraine facing emergency power cuts after Russian strikes hit residential areas and energy infrastructure facilities.","leadin":"Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv hit residential buildings and energy infrastructure facilities overnight into Saturday.","summary":"Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv hit residential buildings and energy infrastructure facilities overnight into Saturday.","keySentence":"","url":"russia-launches-massive-strikes-on-ukraines-largest-cities-and-targets-energy-infrastructu","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/24\/russia-launches-massive-strikes-on-ukraines-largest-cities-and-targets-energy-infrastructu","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Russian forces launched multiple stries on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine on , launching a total of 396 drones and missiles. 372 of them were either shot down or suppressed, according to Ukrainian authorities.\n\nThe main targets of the Russian attack were Ukraine's capital of Kyiv and its major eastern city of Kharkiv, with at least one person killed and more than 20 injured, local authorities said.\n\n\"Kyiv is under massive enemy shelling. Do not leave your shelters\", Mayor Vitali Klitschko urged Kyiv residents in Telegram.\n\nHe said fires broke out in several buildings hit by drone debris, and water and heating supplies were disrupted in some parts of the capital. One person died. Many people spent the night at metro stations, which became shelters for Kyiv citizens.\n\nIn comments made to Ukrainian media outlet The Kyiv Independent, the CEO of state grid operator UkrEnergo said that 80% of Ukraine faced emergency unscheduled power cuts as a direct result of the most recent strikes.\n\nFour more people were injured in the Kyiv region, the head of the regional military administration said.\n\nA series of powerful explosions took place in Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said Russian drone strikes damaged several residential buildings. There were fires in flats in high-rise buildings, as well as demage reported at a hostel with displaced people, a hospital and a maternity hospital. 14 people were injured, including a pregnant woman and a child.\n\nChernihiv, located in the north of the country, was seriously affected by Russian shelling. The strikes hit energy infrastructure facilities and equipment was damaged. Almost the entire city has been shelled, local authorities reported.\n\nThe new wave of attacks comes during a meeting between negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States, which began on Friday and continued on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. Discussions took place on the basis of a plan promoted by US President Donald Trump to end the nearly four-year war.\n\nAhead of those talks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the key stumbling block remains the issue of territory - with Moscow insisting on the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donbas, an industrial region in the east of the country.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russian forces launched multiple stries on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine on , launching a total of 396 drones and missiles. 372 of them were either shot down or suppressed, according to Ukrainian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The main targets of the Russian attack were Ukraine's capital of Kyiv and its major eastern city of Kharkiv, with at least one person killed and more than 20 injured, local authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Kyiv is under massive enemy shelling. Do not leave your shelters\", Mayor Vitali Klitschko urged Kyiv residents in Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>He said fires broke out in several buildings hit by drone debris, and water and heating supplies were disrupted in some parts of the capital. One person died. Many people spent the night at metro stations, which became shelters for Kyiv citizens.<\/p>\n<p>In comments made to Ukrainian media outlet The Kyiv Independent, the CEO of state grid operator UkrEnergo said that 80% of Ukraine faced emergency unscheduled power cuts as a direct result of the most recent strikes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//46//19//808x539_cmsv2_d371e57d-f5fe-5c27-88db-6d25807e2aa1-9624619.jpg/" alt=\"Many Kiev residents spent the night at metro stations fleeing Russian shelling\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/384x256_cmsv2_d371e57d-f5fe-5c27-88db-6d25807e2aa1-9624619.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/640x427_cmsv2_d371e57d-f5fe-5c27-88db-6d25807e2aa1-9624619.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/750x500_cmsv2_d371e57d-f5fe-5c27-88db-6d25807e2aa1-9624619.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/828x552_cmsv2_d371e57d-f5fe-5c27-88db-6d25807e2aa1-9624619.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/1080x720_cmsv2_d371e57d-f5fe-5c27-88db-6d25807e2aa1-9624619.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/1200x800_cmsv2_d371e57d-f5fe-5c27-88db-6d25807e2aa1-9624619.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/1920x1280_cmsv2_d371e57d-f5fe-5c27-88db-6d25807e2aa1-9624619.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Many people in Kiev spent the night in metro stations, fleeing Russian shelling<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Danylo Antoniuk<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Four more people were injured in the Kyiv region, the head of the regional military administration said.<\/p>\n<p>A series of powerful explosions took place in Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said Russian drone strikes damaged several residential buildings. There were fires in flats in high-rise buildings, as well as demage reported at a hostel with displaced people, a hospital and a maternity hospital. 14 people were injured, including a pregnant woman and a child.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//46//19//808x539_cmsv2_5c793bfe-50be-5481-8243-fbed7b5f6142-9624619.jpg/" alt=\"Medics provide assistance to the victims of the Russian strike on Kharkiv\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/384x256_cmsv2_5c793bfe-50be-5481-8243-fbed7b5f6142-9624619.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/640x427_cmsv2_5c793bfe-50be-5481-8243-fbed7b5f6142-9624619.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/750x500_cmsv2_5c793bfe-50be-5481-8243-fbed7b5f6142-9624619.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/828x552_cmsv2_5c793bfe-50be-5481-8243-fbed7b5f6142-9624619.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/1080x720_cmsv2_5c793bfe-50be-5481-8243-fbed7b5f6142-9624619.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/1200x800_cmsv2_5c793bfe-50be-5481-8243-fbed7b5f6142-9624619.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/46\/19\/1920x1280_cmsv2_5c793bfe-50be-5481-8243-fbed7b5f6142-9624619.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Medics provide assistance to the victims of the Russian strike on Kharkiv<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Andrii Marienko<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Chernihiv, located in the north of the country, was seriously affected by Russian shelling. The strikes hit energy infrastructure facilities and equipment was damaged. Almost the entire city has been shelled, local authorities reported.<\/p>\n<p>The new wave of attacks comes during a meeting between negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States, which began on Friday and continued on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. Discussions took place on the basis of a plan promoted by US President Donald Trump to end the nearly four-year war.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of those talks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the key stumbling block remains the issue of territory - with Moscow insisting on the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donbas, an industrial region in the east of the country.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1769242776,"updatedAt":1769270397,"publishedAt":1769245629,"firstPublishedAt":1769245629,"lastPublishedAt":1769270396,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Andrii Marienko","altText":"Firefighters extinguish fire after Russian strike on Kharkiv","callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"caption":"Firefighters extinguish fire after Russian strike on 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CHERKASK AFTERMATH","daletPyramidId":3978308,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"EU sends emergency generators to Ukraine as Russian strikes cut power for heating","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"EU sends generators to Ukraine as Russian strikes cut power for heat","titleListing2":"EU sends emergency generators to Ukraine as Russian strikes cut power for heating","leadin":"President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this week that around 4,000 buildings in the capital Kyiv were still without heating and most of the city was cut off from electricity after Russian strikes.","summary":"President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this week that around 4,000 buildings in the capital Kyiv were still without heating and most of the city was cut off from electricity after Russian strikes.","keySentence":"","url":"eu-sends-emergency-generators-to-ukraine-as-russian-strikes-cut-power-for-heating","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/23\/eu-sends-emergency-generators-to-ukraine-as-russian-strikes-cut-power-for-heating","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The EU said on Friday it was sending hundreds more generators to Ukraine to help provide electricity to key facilities as Russian strikes have cut power and heating during freezing winter temperatures.\n\n\"Over one million Ukrainians are without electricity, water and heating in freezing temperatures following relentless Russian strikes on energy infrastructure,\" the European Commission said in a statement.\n\n\"The European Commission is today deploying\u00a0447 emergency generators\u00a0worth \u20ac3.7 million from EU strategic reserves to restore power to hospitals, shelters and critical services.\"\n\n\"Russia's continued attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure are deliberately depriving civilians of heat, light and basic services in the middle of harsh winter,\" said European Union crisis management commissioner Hadja Lahbib.\n\nLahbib said the shipment of 447 generators was on its way, and will add to the 9,500 that the EU has already supplied to the country.\n\nBrussels said they would be used to provide power to \"hospitals, shelters and critical services.\"\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that he was declaring a \"state of emergency\" in the energy sector, after relentless Russian strikes on heat and electricity supplies as freezing winter temperatures have dipped to -20C.\n\nOn Wednesday he said that around 4,000 buildings in the capital Kyiv were still without heating and most of the city was cut off from electricity after Russian strikes earlier in the week.\n\n\"As of this morning, about 4,000 buildings in Kyiv are still without heat and nearly 60 percent of the capital is without electricity,\" Zelenskyy said, after Russia pounded Ukraine's energy grid between Monday and Tuesday.\n\nRussia has repeatedly hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure throughout the nearly four-year war, but Kyiv says this winter has been the toughest yet, with hundreds of Russian drones and missiles overwhelming air defences during particularly fierce frosts.\n\nMore than 1,000 Ukrainians have been taken to hospital with frostbite and hypothermia over the past 30 days, the health ministry said, adding that the situation could \"become threatening if temperatures drop or weather conditions worsen.\"\n\nGermany called the Russian winter airstrikes against energy infrastructure \"war crimes.\"\n\nRussia has been pounding Ukraine's energy system since the start of its invasion, in what Kyiv says is an attempt to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance.\n\nThe Kremlin says it only targets Ukrainian military facilities and has blamed the continuation of the war on Kyiv for refusing to accept its peace demands.\n\nThe Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday it had carried out strikes on facilities that support Ukraine's military.\n\nMeanwhile, US negotiators led by Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for marathon overnight talks on ending Russia's full-scale invasion that lasted well into Friday morning.\n\nKremlin diplomatic adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters that their discussions had been \"useful in every respect,\" as Moscow insisted that its territorial demands must be answered to reach a peace deal.\n\nZelenskyy said later on Friday that two days of trilateral meetings involving the US, Ukraine and Russia are due to begin on Friday in the United Arab Emirates.\n\n\"Russians have to be ready for compromises because, you know, everybody has to be ready, not only Ukraine, and this is important for us,\" he said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The EU said on Friday it was sending hundreds more generators to Ukraine to help provide electricity to key facilities as Russian strikes have cut power and heating during freezing winter temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>\"Over one million Ukrainians are without electricity, water and heating in freezing temperatures following relentless Russian strikes on energy infrastructure,\" the European Commission <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////ec.europa.eu//commission//presscorner//detail//en//ip_26_193/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>said in a statement<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\"The European Commission is today deploying 447 emergency generators worth \u20ac3.7 million from EU strategic reserves to restore power to hospitals, shelters and critical services.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Russia's continued attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure are deliberately depriving civilians of heat, light and basic services in the middle of harsh winter,\" said European Union crisis management commissioner Hadja Lahbib.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2014669095208140900\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Lahbib said the shipment of 447 generators was on its way, and will add to the 9,500 that the EU has already supplied to the country.<\/p>\n<p>Brussels said they would be used to provide power to \"hospitals, shelters and critical services.\"<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that he was declaring a \"state of emergency\" in the energy sector, after relentless Russian strikes on heat and electricity supplies as freezing winter temperatures have dipped to -20C.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday he said that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//21//over-half-of-kyiv-homes-still-lack-power-after-russian-air-strikes-zelenskyy-says/">around 4,000 buildings in the capital Kyiv<\/strong><\/a> were still without heating and most of the city was cut off from electricity after Russian strikes earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>\"As of this morning, about 4,000 buildings in Kyiv are still without heat and nearly 60 percent of the capital is without electricity,\" Zelenskyy said, after Russia pounded Ukraine's energy grid between Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//38//43//808x539_cmsv2_65a97cd1-5dbd-58c2-b1fa-e497be574abb-9623843.jpg/" alt=\"Workers repair a DTEK power plant after a Russian missile attack on the country&#x27;s energy system in an 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hypothermia over the past 30 days, the health ministry said, adding that the situation could \"become threatening if temperatures drop or weather conditions worsen.\"<\/p>\n<p>Germany called the Russian winter airstrikes against energy infrastructure \"war crimes.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//16//lithuania-charges-six-with-terrorism-over-failed-arson-attack-on-ukraine-military-supplies/">Lithuania charges six with terrorism over failed arson attack on Ukraine military supplies<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//18//zelenskyy-russia-ukraine-nuclear-power-stations/">Zelenskyy says Russia taking aim at Ukraine's nuclear power stations<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Russia has been pounding Ukraine's energy system since the start of its invasion, in what Kyiv says is an attempt to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin says it only targets Ukrainian military facilities and has blamed the continuation of the war on Kyiv for refusing to accept its peace demands.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday it had carried out strikes on facilities that support Ukraine's military.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, US negotiators led by Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for marathon overnight talks on ending Russia's full-scale invasion that lasted well into Friday morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Kremlin diplomatic adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters that their discussions had been \"useful in every respect,\" as Moscow insisted that its territorial demands must be answered to reach a peace deal.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said later on Friday that two days of trilateral meetings involving the US, Ukraine and Russia are due to begin on Friday in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>\"Russians have to be ready for compromises because, you know, everybody has to be ready, not only Ukraine, and this is important for us,\" he said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1769169651,"updatedAt":1769207775,"publishedAt":1769183008,"firstPublishedAt":1769183008,"lastPublishedAt":1769207774,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"Workers repair a DTEK power plant after a Russian missile attack on the country's energy system in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, 23 January, 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ahead of Moscow visit","titleListing2":"Trump considers 'tariff-free zone' for Ukraine as US envoy Witkoff hints peace deal is close","leadin":"The US has held talks with Russia as well as with Ukraine and European partners on various drafts of a plan to end the war in Ukraine but so far a deal has remained elusive.","summary":"The US has held talks with Russia as well as with Ukraine and European partners on various drafts of a plan to end the war in Ukraine but so far a deal has remained elusive.","keySentence":"","url":"trump-considers-tariff-free-zone-for-ukraine-as-us-envoy-witkoff-hints-peace-deal-is-close","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/22\/trump-considers-tariff-free-zone-for-ukraine-as-us-envoy-witkoff-hints-peace-deal-is-close","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"US President Donald Trump is considering ideas such as a \"tariff-free zone\" for Ukraine to boost its economy as Washington remains hopeful it will help end Russia's all-out war in Ukraine, US envoy Steve Witkoff said in Davos on Thursday.\n\n\"The president has talked about a tariff-free zone from Ukraine that I think would be game-changing,\" Witkoff said at the Ukrainian Breakfast on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps resort town.\n\n\"I think we made a lot of progress. I think in the beginning of this process there was a little bit of confusion,\" he said.\n\n\"I was going to Moscow quite a bit, but I think it was important that we go there because we're at the end now and I actually am optimistic,\" Witkoff added.\n\nWitkoff\u00a0said that negotiations for a peace settlement were now down to one final issue, without clarifying what that was.\n\nThe US has held talks with Russia as well as with Ukraine and European partners on various drafts of a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine, but so far a deal has remained elusive.\n\n\"If both sides want to solve this, we're going to get it solved,\"\u00a0Witkoff\u00a0said.\n\nOn Wednesday, Trump said that the leaders of Russia and Ukraine would be \"stupid\" if they failed to get a deal done.\n\nWitkoff, speaking at the event alongside NATO chief Mark Rutte and Finland\u2019s President Alexander Stubb,\u00a0said he would be heading to Moscow later on Thursday.\n\nBut the Kremlin on Thursday gave a lukewarm response to Witkoff's comments that a peace deal was close.\n\n\"Discussion will continue on the Ukrainian settlement issue and other related topics,\" Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.\n\nHe said US representatives, including Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, are expected to arrive in Moscow late on Thursday afternoon and will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.\n\nIn November, the US presented Ukraine with a draft 28-point peace plan, reportedly drafted by Witkoff and Kushner.\n\nThat proposal was criticised by Ukraine and its Western allies as being too favourable towards Russia and its maximalist demands.\n\nPeace negotiations\n\nIn December, Zelenskyy countered with a 20-point plan of his own, saying it would be accompanied by a three-way security agreement involving the US and the EU, a separate Ukraine\u2013US security agreement, and a Ukraine\u2013US economic agreement.\n\nSecurity guarantee plans with EU countries would include Ukrainian forces as the first line of defence, European-led troops deployed in Ukraine and US security guarantees, according to Ukrainian negotiator Oleksandr Bevz.\n\nAn economic support package of about \u20ac682 billion for Ukraine over the next 10 years has been agreed to by international partners, Ukraine\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka said.\n\nThe sum, based on calculations by the World Bank, the IMF and the EU, is meant to cover damage compensation, reconstruction, economic stability and a \u20ac170 billion growth \"booster\" linked to reforms required for Ukraine\u2019s EU accession.\n\nUS security guarantees for Ukraine have been outlined for a period of 15 years, with the possibility of extension, Zelenskyy told journalists in December.\n\n\"We have great achievements, the 20-point peace plan is 90% agreed and US-Ukraine security guarantees are 100% agreed,\" Zelenskyy told reporters. \"US, Europe and Ukraine security guarantees are almost agreed. The military dimension is 100% agreed.\"\n\nBut a sticking point remains around the fate of the Ukrainian territories that Moscow occupies, which it insists it must keep in the event of any ceasefire deal. The Kremlin has also said it would accept Western troops stationed in Ukraine.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>US President Donald Trump is considering ideas such as a \"tariff-free zone\" for Ukraine to boost its economy as Washington remains hopeful it will help end Russia's all-out war in Ukraine, US envoy Steve Witkoff said in Davos on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>\"The president has talked about a tariff-free zone from Ukraine that I think would be game-changing,\" Witkoff said at the Ukrainian Breakfast on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps resort town.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think we made a lot of progress. I think in the beginning of this process there was a little bit of confusion,\" he said. <\/p>\n<p>\"I was going to Moscow quite a bit, but I think it was important that we go there because we're at the end now and I actually am optimistic,\" Witkoff added.<\/p>\n<p>Witkoff said that negotiations for a peace settlement were now down to one final issue, without clarifying what that was.<\/p>\n<p>The US has held talks with Russia as well as with Ukraine and European partners on various drafts of a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine, but so far a deal has remained elusive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//21//45//808x539_cmsv2_047ae591-02ab-5456-a886-6079a2c07258-9622145.jpg/" alt=\"US envoy Steve Witkoff speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 22 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/384x256_cmsv2_047ae591-02ab-5456-a886-6079a2c07258-9622145.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/640x427_cmsv2_047ae591-02ab-5456-a886-6079a2c07258-9622145.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/750x500_cmsv2_047ae591-02ab-5456-a886-6079a2c07258-9622145.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/828x552_cmsv2_047ae591-02ab-5456-a886-6079a2c07258-9622145.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/1080x720_cmsv2_047ae591-02ab-5456-a886-6079a2c07258-9622145.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/1200x800_cmsv2_047ae591-02ab-5456-a886-6079a2c07258-9622145.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/1920x1280_cmsv2_047ae591-02ab-5456-a886-6079a2c07258-9622145.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">US envoy Steve Witkoff speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 22 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"If both sides want to solve this, we're going to get it solved,\" Witkoff said.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump said that the leaders of Russia and Ukraine would be \"stupid\" if they failed to get a deal done.<\/p>\n<p>Witkoff, speaking at the event alongside NATO chief Mark Rutte and Finland\u2019s President Alexander Stubb, said he would be heading to Moscow later on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>But the Kremlin on Thursday gave a lukewarm response to Witkoff's comments that a peace deal was close.<\/p>\n<p>\"Discussion will continue on the Ukrainian settlement issue and other related topics,\" Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>He said US representatives, including Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, are expected to arrive in Moscow late on Thursday afternoon and will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//21//45//808x608_cmsv2_a3358d4b-34fc-5a77-a124-97b64115a340-9622145.jpg/" alt=\"Craters and ruined houses are seen near the frontline in the Druzhkivka region, 21 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/384x288_cmsv2_a3358d4b-34fc-5a77-a124-97b64115a340-9622145.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/640x480_cmsv2_a3358d4b-34fc-5a77-a124-97b64115a340-9622145.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/750x563_cmsv2_a3358d4b-34fc-5a77-a124-97b64115a340-9622145.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/828x621_cmsv2_a3358d4b-34fc-5a77-a124-97b64115a340-9622145.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/1080x810_cmsv2_a3358d4b-34fc-5a77-a124-97b64115a340-9622145.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/1200x900_cmsv2_a3358d4b-34fc-5a77-a124-97b64115a340-9622145.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/1920x1440_cmsv2_a3358d4b-34fc-5a77-a124-97b64115a340-9622145.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Craters and ruined houses are seen near the frontline in the Druzhkivka region, 21 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In November, the US presented Ukraine with a draft 28-point peace plan, reportedly drafted by Witkoff and Kushner.<\/p>\n<p>That proposal was criticised by Ukraine and its Western allies as being too favourable towards Russia and its maximalist demands.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2026//01//14//brussels-unveils-proposal-for-90-billion-loan-for-ukraine-urging-eu-lawmakers-to-approve-i/">Brussels unveils proposal for \u20ac90 billion loan for Ukraine, urging EU lawmakers to approve it fast<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//16//lithuania-charges-six-with-terrorism-over-failed-arson-attack-on-ukraine-military-supplies/">Lithuania charges six with terrorism over failed arson attack on Ukraine military supplies<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Peace negotiations<\/h2>\n<p>In December, Zelenskyy countered with a 20-point plan of his own, saying it would be accompanied by a three-way security agreement involving the US and the EU, a separate Ukraine\u2013US security agreement, and a Ukraine\u2013US economic agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Security guarantee plans with EU countries would include Ukrainian forces as the first line of defence, European-led troops deployed in Ukraine and US security guarantees, according to Ukrainian negotiator Oleksandr Bevz.<\/p>\n<p>An economic support package of about \u20ac682 billion for Ukraine over the next 10 years has been agreed to by international partners, Ukraine\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//21//45//808x539_cmsv2_800aba4c-8063-5fe2-a60e-f4ccba65527d-9622145.jpg/" alt=\"Emergency workers set up a tent to let people warm up in Kyiv, 21 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/384x256_cmsv2_800aba4c-8063-5fe2-a60e-f4ccba65527d-9622145.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/640x427_cmsv2_800aba4c-8063-5fe2-a60e-f4ccba65527d-9622145.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/750x500_cmsv2_800aba4c-8063-5fe2-a60e-f4ccba65527d-9622145.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/828x552_cmsv2_800aba4c-8063-5fe2-a60e-f4ccba65527d-9622145.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/1080x720_cmsv2_800aba4c-8063-5fe2-a60e-f4ccba65527d-9622145.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/1200x800_cmsv2_800aba4c-8063-5fe2-a60e-f4ccba65527d-9622145.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/21\/45\/1920x1280_cmsv2_800aba4c-8063-5fe2-a60e-f4ccba65527d-9622145.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Emergency workers set up a tent to let people warm up in Kyiv, 21 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The sum, based on calculations by the World Bank, the IMF and the EU, is meant to cover damage compensation, reconstruction, economic stability and a \u20ac170 billion growth \"booster\" linked to reforms required for Ukraine\u2019s EU accession.<\/p>\n<p>US security guarantees for Ukraine have been outlined for a period of 15 years, with the possibility of extension, Zelenskyy told journalists in December.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have great achievements, the 20-point peace plan is 90% agreed and US-Ukraine security guarantees are 100% agreed,\" Zelenskyy told reporters. \"US, Europe and Ukraine security guarantees are almost agreed. The military dimension is 100% agreed.\"<\/p>\n<p>But a sticking point remains around the fate of the Ukrainian territories that Moscow occupies, which it insists it must keep in the event of any ceasefire deal. 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air strikes, Zelenskyy says","titleListing2":"Over half of Kyiv homes still lack power after Russian air strikes, Zelenskyy says","leadin":"Russia has been pounding Ukraine's energy system since the start of its invasion, in what Kyiv says is an attempt to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance.","summary":"Russia has been pounding Ukraine's energy system since the start of its invasion, in what Kyiv says is an attempt to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance.","keySentence":"","url":"over-half-of-kyiv-homes-still-lack-power-after-russian-air-strikes-zelenskyy-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/21\/over-half-of-kyiv-homes-still-lack-power-after-russian-air-strikes-zelenskyy-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that around 4,000 buildings in the capital Kyiv were still without heating and most of the city was cut off from electricity after Russian strikes earlier in the week.\n\n\"As of this morning, about 4,000 buildings in Kyiv are still without heat and nearly 60 percent of the capital is without electricity,\" Zelenskyy said, after Russia pounded Ukraine's energy grid between Monday and Tuesday.\n\nRussia has repeatedly hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure throughout the nearly four-year war, but Kyiv says this winter has been the toughest yet, with hundreds of Russian drones and missiles overwhelming air defences during particularly fierce frosts.\n\nThe situation also remained difficult across the country, including in the Sumy, Chernigiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv regions, Zelenskyy added.\n\nZelenskyy announced a \"state of emergency\" in the country's energy sector last week, with Kyiv schools remaining closed, street lights dimmed and roughly half a million residents leaving the capital.\n\nJournalists for the AFP news agency in Kyiv have seen shops and restaurants closed due to the outages, out-of-order traffic lights and public lighting shut off at night in parts of the capital.\n\nMore than 1,000 Ukrainians have been taken to hospital with frostbite and hypothermia over the past 30 days, the health ministry said, adding that the situation could \"become threatening if temperatures drop or weather conditions worsen\".\n\nGermany called the Russian winter airstrikes against energy infrastructure \"war crimes.\"\n\nZelenskyy has repeatedly criticised Kyiv city hall, led by Vitali Klitschko, a former boxing champion and political rival, for not doing enough to aid the recovery.\n\n\"According to reports from city authorities, the resources involved are sufficient, but time is needed. I do not agree with this assessment \u2013- additional measures and additional resources are needed,\" Zelenskyy said.\n\nKlitschko said utility workers were working around the clock to restore heating, water and electricity, but that repeated strikes and frosts were making their job harder.\n\nHe also said the situation was \"complicated because most of these buildings are being connected for the second time after the damage to critical infrastructure on January 9.\"\n\nKyiv authorities have set up hundreds of tents across the city, where people can warm up and get hot food and drink.\n\nRussia has been pounding Ukraine's energy system since the start of its invasion, in what Kyiv says is an attempt to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance.\n\nThe Kremlin says it only targets Ukrainian military facilities and has blamed the continuation of the war on Kyiv for refusing to accept its peace demands.\n\nThe Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday it had carried out strikes on facilities that support Ukraine's military.\n\nThe International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two top Russian military officials over the attacks on Ukraine's energy grid.\n\nThe court said it constituted a war crime as it was designed to harm Ukrainian civilians.\n\nDue to war-time sensitivities, Kyiv does not say which energy facilities have been damaged or destroyed in Russian attacks.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that around 4,000 buildings in the capital Kyiv were still without heating and most of the city was cut off from electricity after Russian strikes earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>\"As of this morning, about 4,000 buildings in Kyiv are still without heat and nearly 60 percent of the capital is without electricity,\" Zelenskyy said, after Russia pounded Ukraine's energy grid between Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has repeatedly hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure throughout the nearly four-year war, but Kyiv says this winter has been the toughest yet, with hundreds of Russian drones and missiles overwhelming air defences during particularly fierce frosts.<\/p>\n<p>The situation also remained difficult across the country, including in the Sumy, Chernigiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv regions, Zelenskyy added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//62//11//66//808x539_cmsv2_8df10c3e-43b6-5c4c-8c00-fad186060938-9621166.jpg/" alt=\"People warm up outside their buildings during a power outage in Kyiv, 18 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/11\/66\/384x256_cmsv2_8df10c3e-43b6-5c4c-8c00-fad186060938-9621166.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/11\/66\/640x427_cmsv2_8df10c3e-43b6-5c4c-8c00-fad186060938-9621166.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/11\/66\/750x500_cmsv2_8df10c3e-43b6-5c4c-8c00-fad186060938-9621166.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/11\/66\/828x552_cmsv2_8df10c3e-43b6-5c4c-8c00-fad186060938-9621166.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/11\/66\/1080x720_cmsv2_8df10c3e-43b6-5c4c-8c00-fad186060938-9621166.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/11\/66\/1200x800_cmsv2_8df10c3e-43b6-5c4c-8c00-fad186060938-9621166.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/11\/66\/1920x1280_cmsv2_8df10c3e-43b6-5c4c-8c00-fad186060938-9621166.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People warm up outside their buildings during a power outage in Kyiv, 18 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Zelenskyy announced a \"state of emergency\" in the country's energy sector last week, with Kyiv schools remaining closed, street lights dimmed and roughly half a million residents leaving the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists for the AFP news agency in Kyiv have seen shops and restaurants closed due to the outages, out-of-order traffic lights and public lighting shut off at night in parts of the capital.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 Ukrainians have been taken to hospital with frostbite and hypothermia over the past 30 days, the health ministry said, adding that the situation could \"become threatening if temperatures drop or weather conditions worsen\".<\/p>\n<p>Germany called the Russian winter airstrikes against energy infrastructure \"war crimes.\"<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy has repeatedly criticised Kyiv city hall, led by Vitali Klitschko, a former boxing champion and political rival, for not doing enough to aid the recovery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2013936539642823034\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"According to reports from city authorities, the resources involved are sufficient, but time is needed. I do not agree with this assessment \u2013- additional measures and additional resources are needed,\" Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<p>Klitschko said utility workers were working around the clock to restore heating, water and electricity, but that repeated strikes and frosts were making their job harder.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the situation was \"complicated because most of these buildings are being connected for the second time after the damage to critical infrastructure on January 9.\"<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv authorities have set up hundreds of tents across the city, where people can warm up and get hot food and drink.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has been pounding Ukraine's energy system since the start of its invasion, in what Kyiv says is an attempt to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//93//99//808x539_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg/" alt=\"People take shelter in a subway station during Russia&#x27;s night missile and drone attack in Kyiv, 20 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/384x256_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/640x427_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/750x500_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/828x552_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/1080x720_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/1200x800_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People take shelter in a subway station during Russia&#x27;s night missile and drone attack in Kyiv, 20 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Kremlin says it only targets Ukrainian military facilities and has blamed the continuation of the war on Kyiv for refusing to accept its peace demands.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday it had carried out strikes on facilities that support Ukraine's military.<\/p>\n<p>The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two top Russian military officials over the attacks on Ukraine's energy grid.<\/p>\n<p>The court said it constituted a war crime as it was designed to harm Ukrainian civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Due to war-time sensitivities, Kyiv does not say which energy facilities have been damaged or destroyed in Russian attacks.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1769005163,"updatedAt":1769091835,"publishedAt":1769005867,"firstPublishedAt":1769005867,"lastPublishedAt":1769091834,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"A woman goes to see her neighbour during a blackout in Kyiv, 13 January, 2026","callToActionText":null,"width":1620,"caption":"A woman goes to see her 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power grid","titleListing2":"Almost half of Kyiv without heat and power as Russia batters Ukraine's energy grid","leadin":"Russia has been pounding Ukraine's energy system since the start of the war, in what Kyiv says is an attempt to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance.","summary":"Russia has been pounding Ukraine's energy system since the start of the war, in what Kyiv says is an attempt to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance.","keySentence":"","url":"almost-half-of-kyiv-without-heat-and-power-as-russia-batters-ukraines-energy-grid","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/20\/almost-half-of-kyiv-without-heat-and-power-as-russia-batters-ukraines-energy-grid","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"An overnight Russian bombardment left thousands of residential buildings in Ukraine\u2019s capital Kyiv without heating and water on Tuesday as temperatures dropped to -14C\n\nThe barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles, which targeted energy facilities across Ukraine, killed at least one 50-year-old man near Kyiv.\n\nThe Ukrainian capital is already scrambling to restore\u00a0vital utilities destroyed in earlier strikes.\n\nForeign Minister Andrii Sybiha lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying: \"War criminal Putin continues to wage a genocidal war against women, children and elderly.\"\n\nHe said Russian forces had targeted energy infrastructure overnight in at least seven regions, and urged Ukraine's allies to bolster its air defence systems.\n\n\"Support for the Ukrainian people is urgent. There will be no peace in Europe without a lasting peace for Ukraine,\" he said on social media.\n\nIn comments to reporters earlier on Tuesday, Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested he would skip the ongoing World Economic Forum in Switzerland to deal with the aftermath of the strike.\n\n\"I have a plan to help people with energy. I have held relevant consultations with the energy headquarters. Also online and offline meetings. This is the top priority right now. Of course, I choose Ukraine in this case, not economic forums. But everything can change at any moment. Because it is very important for me and for Ukrainians to end this war,\" he said.\n\nBut he kept open the possibility of going to the gathering of world leaders in the Swiss resort of Davos if agreements with the United States on possible post-war economic and security support were ready to be signed.\n\n\"For now, I'm staying put,\" he added.\n\nNationwide bombardments\n\nRussia fired\u00a0some 339 long-range combat drones and 34 missiles in the overnight barrage, Kyiv's air force said.\n\nZelenskyy, who had recently complained of slow arms deliveries, said Ukraine had received a shipment of ammunition for air defences systems just a day before the attack.\n\nThe bombardment came around 10 days after the most significant Russian strike on Kyiv's energy grid since the start of its full-scale invasion almost four years ago.\n\nThat strike, at dawn on 9 January, left half the capital without heating and many residents without electricity for days in sub-zero temperatures.\n\nMost of the buildings cut off on Tuesday were also those affected by the strike earlier in the month.\n\nSchools have been closed until February and street lights dimmed in a bid to preserve energy resources.\n\n\"After this attack, 5,635 residential buildings are without heating,\" Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram, about half the capital's apartment blocks.\n\nMuch of Kyiv was also without running water, he added.\n\n\"Almost half of Kyiv is in blackout right now,\" Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa confirmed.\n\nSheltering in a metro station in the centre of Kyiv, Marina Sergienko, a 51-year-old accountant, said she thought the repeated Russian strikes, which have left millions in the cold and dark over recent weeks, had a clear purpose.\n\n\"To wear down the people, push things to some critical point so there's no strength left, to break our resistance,\" she said.\n\n'Critical infrastructure'\n\nAuthorities in the western region of Rivne said a separate attack there had damaged \"critical infrastructure\", leaving 10,000 households without power.\n\nThe head of the southern Odesa region added that Russian drone had crashed into a residential building and energy facilities had been hit.\n\nAnd in the eastern Poltava region, local authorities said an attack had sparked fire at an industrial facility.\n\nRussia has been pounding Ukraine's energy system since the start of its invasion, in what Kyiv says is an attempt to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance.\n\nThe Kremlin says it only targets Ukrainian military facilities and has blamed the continuation of the war on Kyiv for refusing to accept its peace demands.\n\nThe Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday it had carried out strikes on facilities that support Ukraine's military.\n\nThe International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two top Russian military officials over the attacks on Ukraine's energy grid.\n\nThe court said it constituted a war crime as it was designed to harm Ukrainian civilians.\n\nDue to war-time sensitivities, Kyiv does not say which energy facilities have been damaged or destroyed in Russian attacks.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>An overnight Russian bombardment left thousands of residential buildings in Ukraine\u2019s capital Kyiv without heating and water on Tuesday as temperatures dropped to -14C<\/p>\n<p>The barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles, which targeted energy facilities across Ukraine, killed at least one 50-year-old man near Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian capital is already scrambling to restore vital utilities destroyed in earlier strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying: \"War criminal Putin continues to wage a genocidal war against women, children and elderly.\"<\/p>\n<p>He said Russian forces had targeted energy infrastructure overnight in at least seven regions, and urged Ukraine's allies to bolster its air defence systems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//93//99//808x539_cmsv2_3adb308a-279d-553e-b9ae-f19a1bbcb318-9619399.jpg/" alt=\"People warm up and charge their mobile devices during a power outage caused by Russia&#x27;s regular air attacks on the country&#x27;s energy sector in Kyiv, 18 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/384x256_cmsv2_3adb308a-279d-553e-b9ae-f19a1bbcb318-9619399.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/640x427_cmsv2_3adb308a-279d-553e-b9ae-f19a1bbcb318-9619399.jpg 640w, 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air attacks on the country&#x27;s energy sector in Kyiv, 18 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"Support for the Ukrainian people is urgent. There will be no peace in Europe without a lasting peace for Ukraine,\" he said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In comments to reporters earlier on Tuesday, Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested he would skip the ongoing World Economic Forum in Switzerland to deal with the aftermath of the strike.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have a plan to help people with energy. I have held relevant consultations with the energy headquarters. Also online and offline meetings. This is the top priority right now. Of course, I choose Ukraine in this case, not economic forums. But everything can change at any moment. Because it is very important for me and for Ukrainians to end this war,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>But he kept open the possibility of going to the gathering of world leaders in the Swiss resort of Davos if agreements with the United States on possible post-war economic and security support were ready to be signed.<\/p>\n<p>\"For now, I'm staying put,\" he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//93//99//808x539_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg/" alt=\"People take shelter in a subway station during Russia&#x27;s night missile and drone attack in Kyiv, 20 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/384x256_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/640x427_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/750x500_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/828x552_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/1080x720_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/1200x800_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a8ce78e7-aeae-55f8-8fc3-805204aaece6-9619399.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People take shelter in a subway station during Russia&#x27;s night missile and drone attack in Kyiv, 20 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Nationwide bombardments<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Russia fired some 339 long-range combat drones and 34 missiles in the overnight barrage, Kyiv's air force said.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy, who had recently complained of slow arms deliveries, said Ukraine had received a shipment of ammunition for air defences systems just a day before the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The bombardment came around 10 days after the most significant Russian strike on Kyiv's energy grid since the start of its full-scale invasion almost four years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//93//99//808x539_cmsv2_2f5f0913-adfc-5f4f-b318-99e636ae5a4a-9619399.jpg/" alt=\"People take shelter in a subway station during Russia&#x27;s night missile and drone attack in Kyiv, 20 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/384x256_cmsv2_2f5f0913-adfc-5f4f-b318-99e636ae5a4a-9619399.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/93\/99\/640x427_cmsv2_2f5f0913-adfc-5f4f-b318-99e636ae5a4a-9619399.jpg 640w, 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January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>That strike, at dawn on 9 January, left half the capital without heating and many residents without electricity for days in sub-zero temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the buildings cut off on Tuesday were also those affected by the strike earlier in the month.<\/p>\n<p>Schools have been closed until February and street lights dimmed in a bid to preserve energy resources.<\/p>\n<p>\"After this attack, 5,635 residential buildings are without heating,\" Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram, about half the capital's apartment blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Much of Kyiv was also without running water, he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2013543197943697486\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"Almost half of Kyiv is in blackout right now,\" Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Sheltering in a metro station in the centre of Kyiv, Marina Sergienko, a 51-year-old accountant, said she thought the repeated Russian strikes, which have left millions in the cold and dark over recent weeks, had a clear purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\"To wear down the people, push things to some critical point so there's no strength left, to break our resistance,\" she said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>'Critical infrastructure'<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Authorities in the western region of Rivne said a separate attack there had damaged \"critical infrastructure\", leaving 10,000 households without power.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the southern Odesa region added that Russian drone had crashed into a residential building and energy facilities had been hit.<\/p>\n<p>And in the eastern Poltava region, local authorities said an attack had sparked fire at an industrial facility.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has been pounding Ukraine's energy system since the start of its invasion, in what Kyiv says is an attempt to sap morale and weaken Ukrainians' resistance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//93//99//808x539_cmsv2_35525df8-cf04-5131-a8b0-8f78aaf63fa7-9619399.jpg/" alt=\"Servicemen fire a 2S1 Gvozdika self propelled howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar town, 18 January, 2026\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Servicemen fire a 2S1 Gvozdika self propelled howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar town, 18 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Kremlin says it only targets Ukrainian military facilities and has blamed the continuation of the war on Kyiv for refusing to accept its peace demands.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday it had carried out strikes on facilities that support Ukraine's military.<\/p>\n<p>The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two top Russian military officials over the attacks on Ukraine's energy grid.<\/p>\n<p>The court said it constituted a war crime as it was designed to harm Ukrainian civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Due 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stations","titleListing2":"Russia is readying itself for major attack against Ukraine's nuclear power stations, says Zelenskyy","leadin":"Zelenskyy says the Kremlin is gearing up to carry out a major offensive targeting Ukraine\u2019s nuclear power system, in what would deal a major blow to the country\u2019s power grid and cause alarming levels of civilian suffering.","summary":"Zelenskyy says the Kremlin is gearing up to carry out a major offensive targeting Ukraine\u2019s nuclear power system, in what would deal a major blow to the country\u2019s power grid and cause alarming levels of civilian suffering.","keySentence":"","url":"zelenskyy-russia-ukraine-nuclear-power-stations","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/18\/zelenskyy-russia-ukraine-nuclear-power-stations","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia is readying itself to carry out strikes against Ukraine\u2019s nuclear power plants, in an attempt to freeze Kyiv into submission by rattling its energy grid.\n\nThe Ukrainian president says Russian strikes have intensified in recent weeks and are increasingly targeting energy sites, in a bid to directly increase civilian suffering, in the middle of winter.\n\nThe repeated strikes are causing energy outages in multiple regions, with thousands of homes losing access to gas and electricity in the daily attacks.\n\n\u201cThe situation in the energy system remains difficult, but we are doing everything we can to restore all services as quickly as possible,\u201d wrote Zelenskyy in a post on X.\n\nZelenskyy slammed Moscow for showing \u201cno willingness\u201d to end the war, despite ongoing peace efforts, led by the United States, as the war quickly approaches the beginning of its fifth year.\n\n\u201clast night, over 200 strike drones were launched against us. The Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, and Odesa regions came under attack. Dozens of people have been injured, including a child. As of now, two people have been reported killed.\u201d\n\nOvernight Russian attacks have spiked in intensity in recent weeks, with barrages getting bigger, and the type of weaponry used getting stronger, inflicting more damage on targets Kyiv says are mainly civilian.\n\nZelenskyy says this week alone saw more than 1,300 drone attacks, over 1,000 guided aerial bombs and just over two dozen missile strikes of various types, including lethal ballistic projectiles.\n\nHe called on allies to boost support to Kyiv to continue to build up its defences to withstand the continued Russian onslaught, and protect the lives of innocent civilians.\n\n\u201cThat is why Ukraine still needs more protection \u2013 above all, more missiles for air defence systems,\u201d said the Ukrainian leader.\n\n\u201cIf Russia is deliberately dragging out the diplomatic process, the world\u2019s response must be decisive: more assistance for Ukraine and more pressure on the aggressor,\u201d he added.\n\nThe attacks come as a Ukrainian delegation arrived in Miami on Saturday to hold talks with US officials and representatives of US President Donald Trump.\n\nKyrylo Budanov, Zelenskyy\u2019s chief of staff, said the Ukrainian delegation, which also includes negotiators Rustem Umerov and Davyd Arakhamia, arrived to discuss \u201cthe details of the peace agreement.\u201d\n\nIn a message on the Telegram messaging app, Budanov said the team is scheduled to meet with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner and US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll on Sunday.\n\nZelenskyy said he instructed the team to update Washington on Russia\u2019s unrelenting strikes, to give his US counterpart a full picture of the realities on the ground.\n\n\u201c(The strikes are) constantly worsening even the small opportunities for dialogue that existed. The American side must understand this,\u201d stressed Zelenskyy.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia is readying itself to carry out strikes against Ukraine\u2019s nuclear power plants, in an attempt to freeze Kyiv into submission by rattling its energy grid.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian president says Russian strikes have intensified in recent weeks and are increasingly targeting energy sites, in a bid to directly increase civilian suffering, in the middle of winter.<\/p>\n<p>The repeated strikes are causing energy outages in multiple regions, with thousands of homes losing access to gas and electricity in the daily attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation in the energy system remains difficult, but we are doing everything we can to restore all services as quickly as possible,\u201d wrote Zelenskyy in a post on X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2012795329175753077\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Zelenskyy slammed Moscow for showing \u201cno willingness\u201d to end the war, despite ongoing peace efforts, led by the United States, as the war quickly approaches the beginning of its fifth year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201clast night, over 200 strike drones were launched against us. The Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, and Odesa regions came under attack. Dozens of people have been injured, including a child. As of now, two people have been reported killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overnight Russian attacks have spiked in intensity in recent weeks, with barrages getting bigger, and the type of weaponry used getting stronger, inflicting more damage on targets Kyiv says are mainly civilian.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy says this week alone saw more than 1,300 drone attacks, over 1,000 guided aerial bombs and just over two dozen missile strikes of various types, including lethal ballistic projectiles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//68//16//808x539_cmsv2_77298a49-cb79-5d0e-96c1-12ef21f71e9a-9616816.jpg/" 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leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Russia is deliberately dragging out the diplomatic process, the world\u2019s response must be decisive: more assistance for Ukraine and more pressure on the aggressor,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks come as a Ukrainian delegation arrived in Miami on Saturday to hold talks with US officials and representatives of US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//68//16//808x539_cmsv2_0e846de5-0fe3-5541-8567-ee5ec9902225-9616816.jpg/" alt=\"Ukraine&#x27;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives at the presidential palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Kyrylo Budanov, Zelenskyy\u2019s chief of staff, said the Ukrainian delegation, which also includes negotiators Rustem Umerov and Davyd Arakhamia, arrived to discuss \u201cthe details of the peace agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a message on the Telegram messaging app, Budanov said the team is scheduled to meet with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner and US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said he instructed the team to update Washington on Russia\u2019s unrelenting strikes, to give his US counterpart a full picture of the realities on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(The strikes are) constantly worsening even the small opportunities for dialogue that existed. 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Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) reportedly raided the offices of a political party on Tuesday evening.\n\nIt was later reported that the searches took place at the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party headquarters, which is led by Tymoshenko.\n\nTymoshenko confirmed the news of the raid on Wednesday morning and rejected all allegations against her, calling them \"absurd\".\u00a0\n\nNABU and SAPO issued a statement saying that they have notified \u201cthe leader of one of the factions in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of their suspicion that she offered unlawful benefits to members of the Ukrainian parliament.\u201d\n\n\u201cAccording to the investigation, after NABU and SAPO exposed the facts of receiving illegal benefits by Ukrainian MPs for passing decisions on draft laws in parliament in December 2025, the suspect initiated negotiations with individual MPs on the introduction of a systematic mechanism for providing illegal benefits in exchange for loyal behaviour during voting,\" the statement said.\n\nThe anti-corruption watchdogs stated that these were not one-off agreements, but a \u201cregular cooperation mechanism that provided for advance payments and was designed for a long period.\u201d\n\n\u201cMembers of the parliament were to receive instructions on how to vote, and in some cases, on how to abstain or not participate in voting,\" the statement added.\n\nNABU and SAPO also released a video that includes recordings of the alleged arrangements and footage from the Tuesday evening search.\n\nThe person's face in the video and photos is blurred, but Tymoshenko can be easily identified by her signature hairstyle.\u00a0\n\nThe NABU also published an alleged instruction sent by Tymoshenko to a lawmaker.\n\nSpecifically, she instructed the member of parliament to vote in favour of firing Vasyl Malyuk, head of Ukraine\u2019s security service SBU, Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, according to the agency.\u00a0\n\nShe also said that the MP should vote against appointing Fedorov as defence minister, Shmyhal as energy minister, and Denys Maslov as justice minister, according to the alleged instruction.\n\nThe Ukrainian parliament appointed Fedorov as defence minister on Wednesday, who issued a strongly-worded message in support of Ukraine\u2019s fight against corruption.\u00a0\n\n\u201cTrust is our main currency in our interactions with partners, society and the military. That is why anti-corruption is the foundation of the new Ministry of Defence,\" he said. \"Today, anyone who steals during wartime is our enemy.\u201d\n\nThe NABU raids and announcements come two weeks after Ukraine\u2019s anti-corruption watchdogs said on 27 December that they unveiled a criminal group involving lawmakers who received cash in exchange for parliamentary votes.\n\nTymoshenko denies involvement\n\nIn a Facebook post on Wednesday, Tymoshenko called the NABU and SAPO operation \u201cthe so-called urgent investigative actions\u201d and said they \u201chave nothing to do with law or justice.\"\n\nTymoshenko said the searches were conducted without a warrant and had been accompanied only by \"loud public statements online without any evidence.\"\n\nShe described the search as a \"grand PR stunt\" and said that the investigators had \"found nothing,\" instead seizing her \"work phones, parliamentary documents and personal savings, all of which are fully declared in my official asset declaration.\"\n\n\"I categorically reject all these absurd accusations. It seems the elections are much closer than they seemed. And someone has decided to begin clearing out political competitors.\"\n\nTymoshenko served as prime minister of Ukraine in 2005 and again from 2007 to 2010.\u00a0\n\nHer Batkivshchyna party currently holds 25 seats in Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko was charged with offering bribes to lawmakers following an investigation and a raid by the country's anti-corruption bodies, authorities revealed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) reportedly raided the offices of a political party on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>It was later reported that the searches took place at the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party headquarters, which is led by Tymoshenko.<\/p>\n<p>Tymoshenko confirmed the news of the raid on Wednesday morning and rejected all allegations against her, calling them \"absurd\". <\/p>\n<p>NABU and SAPO issued a statement saying that they have notified \u201cthe leader of one of the factions in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of their suspicion that she offered unlawful benefits to members of the Ukrainian parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the investigation, after NABU and SAPO exposed the facts of receiving illegal benefits by Ukrainian MPs for passing decisions on draft laws in parliament in December 2025, the suspect initiated negotiations with individual MPs on the introduction of a systematic mechanism for providing illegal benefits in exchange for loyal behaviour during voting,\" the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-corruption watchdogs stated that these were not one-off agreements, but a \u201cregular cooperation mechanism that provided for advance payments and was designed for a long period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of the parliament were to receive instructions on how to vote, and in some cases, on how to abstain or not participate in voting,\" the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>NABU and SAPO also released a video that includes recordings of the alleged arrangements and footage from the Tuesday evening search. <\/p>\n<p>The person's face in the video and photos is blurred, but Tymoshenko can be easily identified by her signature hairstyle. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.2507936507936508\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//23//97//808x1010_cmsv2_bd7765eb-3c9b-5a57-ad03-80e2fa74874d-9612397.jpg/" alt=\"NABU and SAPO photo of the raid, January 13, Kyiv, Ukraine \" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/23\/97\/384x480_cmsv2_bd7765eb-3c9b-5a57-ad03-80e2fa74874d-9612397.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/23\/97\/640x801_cmsv2_bd7765eb-3c9b-5a57-ad03-80e2fa74874d-9612397.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/23\/97\/750x938_cmsv2_bd7765eb-3c9b-5a57-ad03-80e2fa74874d-9612397.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/23\/97\/828x1036_cmsv2_bd7765eb-3c9b-5a57-ad03-80e2fa74874d-9612397.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/23\/97\/1080x1351_cmsv2_bd7765eb-3c9b-5a57-ad03-80e2fa74874d-9612397.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/23\/97\/1200x1501_cmsv2_bd7765eb-3c9b-5a57-ad03-80e2fa74874d-9612397.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/23\/97\/1920x2402_cmsv2_bd7765eb-3c9b-5a57-ad03-80e2fa74874d-9612397.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">NABU and SAPO photo of the raid, January 13, Kyiv, Ukraine <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">NABU and SAPO<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The NABU also published an alleged instruction sent by Tymoshenko to a lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, she instructed the member of parliament to vote in favour of firing Vasyl Malyuk, head of Ukraine\u2019s security service SBU, Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, according to the agency. <\/p>\n<p>She also said that the MP should vote against appointing Fedorov as defence minister, Shmyhal as energy minister, and Denys Maslov as justice minister, according to the alleged instruction.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian parliament appointed Fedorov as defence minister on Wednesday, who issued a strongly-worded message in support of Ukraine\u2019s fight against corruption. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrust is our main currency in our interactions with partners, society and the military. That is why anti-corruption is the foundation of the new Ministry of Defence,\" he said. \"Today, anyone who steals during wartime is our enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NABU raids and announcements come two weeks after Ukraine\u2019s anti-corruption watchdogs said on 27 December that they unveiled a criminal group involving lawmakers who received cash in exchange for parliamentary votes.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tymoshenko denies involvement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Tymoshenko called the NABU and SAPO operation \u201cthe so-called urgent investigative actions\u201d and said they \u201chave nothing to do with law or justice.\"<\/p>\n<p>Tymoshenko said the searches were conducted without a warrant and had been accompanied only by \"loud public statements online without any evidence.\"<\/p>\n<p>She described the search as a \"grand PR stunt\" and said that the investigators had \"found nothing,\" instead seizing her \"work phones, parliamentary documents and personal savings, all of which are fully declared in my official asset declaration.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"I categorically reject all these absurd accusations. It seems the elections are much closer than they seemed. And someone has decided to begin clearing out political competitors.\"<\/p>\n<p>Tymoshenko served as prime minister of Ukraine in 2005 and again from 2007 to 2010. <\/p>\n<p>Her Batkivshchyna party currently holds 25 seats in Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1768390460,"updatedAt":1768409744,"publishedAt":1768395434,"firstPublishedAt":1768395434,"lastPublishedAt":1768396087,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"FILE: Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Kyiv, Ukraine, April 26, 2014.","callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"caption":"FILE: Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Kyiv, Ukraine, April 26, 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CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL 2025","daletPyramidId":3868126,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"2025 was deadliest year for Ukrainian civilians since start of Russia's all-out war, UN says ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"2025 was deadliest year for Ukrainian civilians since 2022, UN says","titleListing2":"2025 was deadliest year for Ukrainian civilians since start of war, UN says ","leadin":"War-related violence in Ukraine killed 2,514 civilians and injured 12,142 last year, a 31% rise in the number of victims from 2024, a UN monitor said.","summary":"War-related violence in Ukraine killed 2,514 civilians and injured 12,142 last year, a 31% rise in the number of victims from 2024, a UN monitor said.","keySentence":"","url":"2025-was-deadliest-year-for-ukrainian-civilians-since-start-of-russias-all-out-war-un-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/13\/2025-was-deadliest-year-for-ukrainian-civilians-since-start-of-russias-all-out-war-un-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Last year was the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion, according to a United Nations monitor.\n\nAt least 2,514 civilians were killed and 12,142 injured by war-related violence in Ukraine last year, representing a 31% increase in victims compared to 2024 and 70% compared to 2023, said the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU).\n\nAccording to the mission, 97% of the casualties it verified in 2025 occurred in Ukrainian government-controlled territory from attacks launched by Russian armed forces.\n\n\"Our monitoring shows that this rise was driven not only by intensified hostilities along the frontline, but also by the expanded use of long-range weapons, which exposed civilians across the country to heightened risk,\" said Danielle Bell, head of the HRMMU.\n\nAn intensified push by Russian armed forces to capture territory in 2025 resulted in further killing and injuring of civilians, destruction of vital infrastructure, halting of essential services, and new waves of displacement in frontline areas, according to the monitor.\n\nNearly two-thirds of all casualties last year happened in frontline areas, it said.\n\nOlder people were hit particularly hard, as they make up a large proportion of those remaining in villages along the frontline, the HRMNU said.\n\nIndividuals aged 60 or older accounted for more than 45% of those killed in frontline areas, despite that demographic representing only a quarter of the national population.\n\nShort-range drones and long-range weapons\n\nCivilian casualties caused by short-range drones increased by 120% in 2025, according to the monitor.\n\n\"The expanded use of short-range drones has rendered many areas near the frontline effectively uninhabitable,\" Bell said. \"In 2025, many people who had endured years of hostilities were ultimately compelled to leave their homes.\"\n\nA huge increase in the use of long-range weapons by Russia starting in June last year also caused a spike in civilian harm in urban centres across Ukraine, the HRMNU found.\n\nSuch weapons caused more than a third of civilian casualties in 2025, marking a 65% rise compared to 2024, it said.\n\n\"The sharp increase in long-range attacks and the targeting of Ukraine\u2019s national energy infrastructure mean that the consequences of the war are now felt by civilians far beyond the frontline,\" Bell added.\n\nOn Tuesday, Kyiv reported that Russia had launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, aiming again at the nation's power grid amid freezing temperatures.\n\nThis came after the US accused Moscow of a \"dangerous and inexplicable escalation\" of the war at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance peace talks.\n\nRussia has sought to deny Ukrainian civilians heat and running water over the course of the war, hoping to wear down public resistance to Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion, which began in February 2022. Kyiv has described the strategy as \"weaponising winter\".\n\nIn a statement on Monday, Ukraine's foreign ministry highlighted that Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has now lasted longer than the time the Soviet Union spent battling Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945 during World War II.\n\n\"In 1,419 days of full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has not achieved a single strategic objective. Ukraine is still standing as a sovereign state,\" the ministry said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Last year was the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion, according to a United Nations monitor. <\/p>\n<p>At least 2,514 civilians were killed and 12,142 injured by war-related violence in Ukraine last year, representing a 31% increase in victims compared to 2024 and 70% compared to 2023, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////ukraine.ohchr.org//en//2025-deadliest-year-for-civilians-in-Ukraine-since-2022-UN-human-rights-monitors-find/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">said<\/a> the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU). <\/p>\n<p>According to the mission, 97% of the casualties it verified in 2025 occurred in Ukrainian government-controlled territory from attacks launched by Russian armed forces.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//14//04//808x454_cmsv2_8d9c647e-5c7d-5a56-b7a3-1e3b3b3c9944-9611404.jpg/" alt=\"FILE: In this photo, taken on Nov. 15, 2025, a grave of a civilian is seen in the yard of damaged residential houses in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Ukraine.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/384x216_cmsv2_8d9c647e-5c7d-5a56-b7a3-1e3b3b3c9944-9611404.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/640x360_cmsv2_8d9c647e-5c7d-5a56-b7a3-1e3b3b3c9944-9611404.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/750x422_cmsv2_8d9c647e-5c7d-5a56-b7a3-1e3b3b3c9944-9611404.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/828x466_cmsv2_8d9c647e-5c7d-5a56-b7a3-1e3b3b3c9944-9611404.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/1080x608_cmsv2_8d9c647e-5c7d-5a56-b7a3-1e3b3b3c9944-9611404.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/1200x675_cmsv2_8d9c647e-5c7d-5a56-b7a3-1e3b3b3c9944-9611404.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/1920x1080_cmsv2_8d9c647e-5c7d-5a56-b7a3-1e3b3b3c9944-9611404.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE: In this photo, taken on Nov. 15, 2025, a grave of a civilian is seen in the yard of damaged residential houses in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Ukraine.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Oleg Petrasiuk\/Ukrainian 24th Mechanized brigade<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"Our monitoring shows that this rise was driven not only by intensified hostilities along the frontline, but also by the expanded use of long-range weapons, which exposed civilians across the country to heightened risk,\" said Danielle Bell, head of the HRMMU. <\/p>\n<p>An intensified push by Russian armed forces to capture territory in 2025 resulted in further killing and injuring of civilians, destruction of vital infrastructure, halting of essential services, and new waves of displacement in frontline areas, according to the monitor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//09//russian-airstrike-on-multiple-residential-buildings-in-kyiv-leaves-4-dead-24-injured/">Russian airstrike on multiple residential buildings in Kyiv leaves 4 dead, 24 injured<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//09//uk-germany-and-france-call-russias-oreshnik-attack-on-ukraine-unacceptable/">UK, Germany and France call Russia\u2019s Oreshnik attack on Ukraine \u2018unacceptable\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Nearly two-thirds of all casualties last year happened in frontline areas, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Older people were hit particularly hard, as they make up a large proportion of those remaining in villages along the frontline, the HRMNU said. <\/p>\n<p>Individuals aged 60 or older accounted for more than 45% of those killed in frontline areas, despite that demographic representing only a quarter of the national population.<\/p>\n<h2>Short-range drones and long-range weapons<\/h2>\n<p>Civilian casualties caused by short-range drones increased by 120% in 2025, according to the monitor.<\/p>\n<p>\"The expanded use of short-range drones has rendered many areas near the frontline effectively uninhabitable,\" Bell said. \"In 2025, many people who had endured years of hostilities were ultimately compelled to leave their homes.\"<\/p>\n<p>A huge increase in the use of long-range weapons by Russia starting in June last year also caused a spike in civilian harm in urban centres across Ukraine, the HRMNU found. <\/p>\n<p>Such weapons caused more than a third of civilian casualties in 2025, marking a 65% rise compared to 2024, it said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//14//04//808x454_cmsv2_53d6b5a5-c9a3-5e07-82af-a83d67b9c145-9611404.jpg/" alt=\"FILE: People lay flowers and toys on the site of Russia&#x27;s deadly missile attack that killed 12 civilians and injuring 87 in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 25, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/384x216_cmsv2_53d6b5a5-c9a3-5e07-82af-a83d67b9c145-9611404.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/640x360_cmsv2_53d6b5a5-c9a3-5e07-82af-a83d67b9c145-9611404.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/750x422_cmsv2_53d6b5a5-c9a3-5e07-82af-a83d67b9c145-9611404.jpg 750w, 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The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"The sharp increase in long-range attacks and the targeting of Ukraine\u2019s national energy infrastructure mean that the consequences of the war are now felt by civilians far beyond the frontline,\" Bell added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//08//russian-attacks-leave-1-million-people-in-ukraine-without-electricity-and-water/">Russian attacks leave 1 million people in Ukraine without electricity and water<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//09//russia-uses-intermediate-range-oreshnik-ballistic-missile-to-strike-ukraine/">Russia uses advanced hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile to strike Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>On Tuesday, Kyiv reported that Russia had launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, aiming again at the nation's power grid amid freezing temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>This came after the US accused Moscow of a \"dangerous and inexplicable escalation\" of the war at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance peace talks. <\/p>\n<p>Russia has sought to deny Ukrainian civilians heat and running water over the course of the war, hoping to wear down public resistance to Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion, which began in February 2022. Kyiv has described the strategy as \"weaponising winter\".<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, Ukraine's foreign ministry highlighted that Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has now lasted longer than the time the Soviet Union spent battling Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945 during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>\"In 1,419 days of full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has not achieved a single strategic objective. Ukraine is still standing as a sovereign state,\" the ministry said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1768314019,"updatedAt":1768321007,"publishedAt":1768320971,"firstPublishedAt":1768320971,"lastPublishedAt":1768320971,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e9f84616-c312-5ebd-ba80-1e8016600e9a-9611404.jpg","altText":"FILE: Police officers help Mykola Puzyk in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Tuesday, Sept.9, 2025.","caption":"FILE: Police officers help Mykola Puzyk in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Tuesday, Sept.9, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alex Babenko\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":576},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_53d6b5a5-c9a3-5e07-82af-a83d67b9c145-9611404.jpg","altText":"FILE: People lay flowers and toys on the site of Russia's deadly missile attack that killed 12 civilians and injuring 87 in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 25, 2025.","caption":"FILE: People lay flowers and toys on the site of Russia's deadly missile attack that killed 12 civilians and injuring 87 in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 25, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Efrem Lukatsky\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":576},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/14\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8d9c647e-5c7d-5a56-b7a3-1e3b3b3c9944-9611404.jpg","altText":"FILE: In this photo, taken on Nov. 15, 2025, a grave of a civilian is seen in the yard of damaged residential houses in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Ukraine.","caption":"FILE: In this photo, taken on Nov. 15, 2025, a grave of a civilian is seen in the yard of damaged residential houses in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Ukraine.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Oleg Petrasiuk\/Ukrainian 24th Mechanized brigade","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":576}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3238,"urlSafeValue":"guilbert","title":"Kieran 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ON UKRAINE POWER PLANT","daletPyramidId":3865813,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Russia launches major attack on Ukraine, targeting power grid and killing four","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Russia targets Ukraine's power grid in another major attack","titleListing2":"Russia launches major attack on Ukraine, targeting power grid and killing four","leadin":"Russia fired 300 drones, 18 ballistic missiles and seven crise missiles at Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring a dozen others.","summary":"Russia fired 300 drones, 18 ballistic missiles and seven crise missiles at Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring a dozen others.","keySentence":"","url":"russia-major-attack-ukraine-power-grid","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/13\/russia-major-attack-ukraine-power-grid","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Russia launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine overnight on Tuesday targeting its energy grid and killing at least four people.\n\nThe attack \u2014 the second major barrage in just four days \u2014 consisted of almost 300 drones, 18 ballistic missiles and seven cruise missiles, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X.\n\n\"Once again, the main target of the strike was our energy,\" Zelenskyy wrote, adding that there was also \"extensive destruction of residential and civilian infrastructure. Dnipro, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions came under attack.\"\n\nIn recent months, Russia has ramped up its attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, cutting power and heating in the height of winter.\n\nUkraine's largest energy provider, DTEK, said Russia had struck one of its power plants, adding it was the eighth such attack since October.\n\nIn Kharkiv, at least four people died and six were injured, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said on Tuesday. The aerial attack struck a suburb of the city, targeting a mail depot. Thirty people were rescued, including two who were pulled from the rubble.\n\nFive more people were wounded in a Russian strike on Ukraine\u2019s port city of Odesa, which was hit by two waves of attacks overnight.\n\nThe shelling largely damaged civilian infrastructure in central Odesa and surrounding areas, hitting residential buildings, a medical facility, a kindergarten, a school and a fitness centre.\n\nIn the Kyiv region, several hundred thousand households were left without power, Zelenskyy said.\n\nThe massive drone and missile attack comes just four days after Moscow used an advanced hypersonic missile for only the second time in its all-out war against Ukraine, now nearing its four-year mark.\n\nThe use of Oreshnik sparked condemnation from Kyiv's allies, including Washington, which called it a \"dangerous and inexplicable escalation of this war\".\n\nMoscow on Monday said the missile hit an aviation repair factory in the Lviv region and that it was fired in response to Ukraine's attempt to strike one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's residences -- a claim Kyiv denies and that Washington has said it does not believe happened.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russia launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine overnight on Tuesday targeting its energy grid and killing at least four people. <\/p>\n<p>The attack \u2014 the second major barrage in just four days \u2014 consisted of almost 300 drones, 18 ballistic missiles and seven cruise missiles, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\"Once again, the main target of the strike was our energy,\" Zelenskyy wrote, adding that there was also \"extensive destruction of residential and civilian infrastructure. Dnipro, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions came under attack.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2010989484192550961\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In recent months, Russia has ramped up its attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, cutting power and heating in the height of winter. <\/p>\n<p>Ukraine's largest energy provider, DTEK, said Russia had struck one of its power plants, adding it was the eighth such attack since October.<\/p>\n<p>In Kharkiv, at least four people died and six were injured, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said on Tuesday. The aerial attack struck a suburb of the city, targeting a mail depot. Thirty people were rescued, including two who were pulled from the rubble. <\/p>\n<p>Five more people were wounded in a Russian strike on Ukraine\u2019s port city of Odesa, which was hit by two waves of attacks overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The shelling largely damaged civilian infrastructure in central Odesa and surrounding areas, hitting residential buildings, a medical facility, a kindergarten, a school and a fitness centre.<\/p>\n<p>In the Kyiv region, several hundred thousand households were left without power, Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6650390625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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comes just four days after Moscow used an <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//09//russia-uses-intermediate-range-oreshnik-ballistic-missile-to-strike-ukraine/">advanced hypersonic missile<\/a> for only the second time in its all-out war against Ukraine, now nearing its four-year mark. <\/p>\n<p>The use of Oreshnik sparked condemnation from Kyiv's allies, including Washington, which called it a \"dangerous and inexplicable escalation of this war\".<\/p>\n<p>Moscow on Monday said the missile hit an aviation repair factory in the Lviv region and that it was fired in response to Ukraine's attempt to strike one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's residences -- a claim Kyiv denies and that Washington has said it does not believe happened.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1768302611,"updatedAt":1768316864,"publishedAt":1768309620,"firstPublishedAt":1768309620,"lastPublishedAt":1768316864,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Ukrainian Emergency Service","altText":"Rescue team works to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"Rescue team works to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026.","url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/10\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c12ca0fb-aa48-5575-b96f-8670a86ee2a4-9611072.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":576},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Ukrainian Emergency Service","altText":"In this photo provided 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WAR LATEST SATURDAY ","daletPyramidId":3842976,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"At least two people killed and 15 injured in overnight Russian strikes across Ukraine","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Two killed, 15 injured in overnight Russian attacks across Ukraine","titleListing2":"At least two people killed and 15 injured in overnight Russian strikes across Ukraine","leadin":"At least two people were killed and more than 15 others were injured in overnight Russian strikes targeting over a dozen locations across Ukraine.","summary":"At least two people were killed and more than 15 others were injured in overnight Russian strikes targeting over a dozen locations across Ukraine.","keySentence":"","url":"at-least-two-people-killed-and-15-injured-in-overnight-russian-strikes-across-ukraine","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/10\/at-least-two-people-killed-and-15-injured-in-overnight-russian-strikes-across-ukraine","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ukraine\u2019s Air Force says Russia launched a large barrage of drones and missiles overnight into Saturday, targeting at least 15 locations across Ukraine.\n\nOfficials say the barrage consisted of over 100 drones and missiles, including the lethal Iskander ballistic variant.\n\nKyiv says its air defences successfully intercepted or jammed 94 drones aerially, but did note that the remaining 27 did strike their targets. They also noted that the ballistic missile did too strike its target, though they did not provide further details.\n\nAt least two people were killed and another 15 were injured over the past 24 hours in various Russian attacks, according to Ukrainian officials.\n\nDonetsk \u2013 part of the eastern Donbas region \u2013 Gover Vadym Filashkin says one civilian was killed and at least two others were injured in overnight attacks in his region, which has been the most active frontline throughout Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, well into its fourth year.\n\nAt least three people were injured in Dnipropetrovsk as a result of the overnight attacks, which local officials say targeted residential buildings and energy infrastructure.\n\nRegional Governor Oleksandr Hanzha says the attack comes after a 43-year-old man was killed just hours prior in an earlier attack. He also noted that the Kremlin\u2019s strikes caused power and gas outages to a large number of people, as the weather is expected to significantly colder.\n\nDTEK, the largest private energy firm in Ukraine, says that some 100,000 families are experiencing power and gas outages after the strikes on the region, and comes as forecasts predict the weather to drop to 10 degrees below Celsius on Sunday.\n\nThe southern region of Zaporizhzhia was also victim to the Kremlin\u2019s overnight attacks, with Governor Ivan Fedorov stating that at least three people sustained injuries and are being treated at medical facilities.\n\nZaporizhzhia has been a main focal point of Russian attacks in recent weeks. The region, according to local officials, suffered more than 740 attacks on populated areas on Friday alone.\n\nA 56-year-old woman was also injured in Moscow\u2019s strikes in Kharkiv, though officials say the injuries appear to be minor. Governor Oleh Syniehubov says the attacks targeted an close to a dozen multi-storey residential buildings, as well as civilian infrastructure, warehouses, vehicles and local businesses.\n\nIn Kherson, six people were wounded after Russian shelling damaged residential buildings, a parking lot with civilian vehicles and a gas pipeline servicing the needs of the region, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin.\n\nMeanwhile, Ukrainian strikes on the western Russian Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, was also struck in the early hours of Saturday, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.\n\nGladkov says that 600,000 residents of the region were left without power, water and gas after a Ukrainian missile strike. In a statement posted on Saturday, he noted that repairs were being carried out to restore service to the affected residents.\n\nUkrainian officials did not comment on the recent strikes. The region, which borders Ukraine\u2019s Kharkiv, has come under regular attack from Kyiv\u2019s forces since Russia started its invasion in February 2022.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ukraine\u2019s Air Force says Russia launched a large barrage of drones and missiles overnight into Saturday, targeting at least 15 locations across Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the barrage consisted of over 100 drones and missiles, including the lethal Iskander ballistic variant.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv says its air defences successfully intercepted or jammed 94 drones aerially, but did note that the remaining 27 did strike their targets. They also noted that the ballistic missile did too strike its target, though they did not provide further details.<\/p>\n<p>At least two people were killed and another 15 were injured over the past 24 hours in various Russian attacks, according to Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n<p>Donetsk \u2013 part of the eastern Donbas region \u2013 Gover Vadym Filashkin says one civilian was killed and at least two others were injured in overnight attacks in his region, which has been the most active frontline throughout Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, well into its fourth year.<\/p>\n<p>At least three people were injured in Dnipropetrovsk as a result of the overnight attacks, which local officials say targeted residential buildings and energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Regional Governor Oleksandr Hanzha says the attack comes after a 43-year-old man was killed just hours prior in an earlier attack. He also noted that the Kremlin\u2019s strikes caused power and gas outages to a large number of people, as the weather is expected to significantly colder.<\/p>\n<p>DTEK, the largest private energy firm in Ukraine, says that some 100,000 families are experiencing power and gas outages after the strikes on the region, and comes as forecasts predict the weather to drop to 10 degrees below Celsius on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The southern region of Zaporizhzhia was also victim to the Kremlin\u2019s overnight attacks, with Governor Ivan Fedorov stating that at least three people sustained injuries and are being treated at medical facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Zaporizhzhia has been a main focal point of Russian attacks in recent weeks. The region, according to local officials, suffered more than 740 attacks on populated areas on Friday alone.<\/p>\n<p>A 56-year-old woman was also injured in Moscow\u2019s strikes in Kharkiv, though officials say the injuries appear to be minor. Governor Oleh Syniehubov says the attacks targeted an close to a dozen multi-storey residential buildings, as well as civilian infrastructure, warehouses, vehicles and local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>In Kherson, six people were wounded after Russian shelling damaged residential buildings, a parking lot with civilian vehicles and a gas pipeline servicing the needs of the region, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ukrainian strikes on the western Russian Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, was also struck in the early hours of Saturday, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.<\/p>\n<p>Gladkov says that 600,000 residents of the region were left without power, water and gas after a Ukrainian missile strike. In a statement posted on Saturday, he noted that repairs were being carried out to restore service to the affected residents.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian officials did not comment on the recent strikes. The region, which borders Ukraine\u2019s Kharkiv, has come under regular attack from Kyiv\u2019s forces since Russia started its invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1768041656,"updatedAt":1768076224,"publishedAt":1768054009,"firstPublishedAt":1768054009,"lastPublishedAt":1768059690,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Efrem Lukatsky\/Copyright 2026 The AP. 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ATTACK REAX ","daletPyramidId":3838278,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"UK, Germany and France call Russia\u2019s Oreshnik attack on Ukraine \u2018unacceptable\u2019","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"UK, Germany and France slam Russia's Oreshnik strike as \u2018unacceptable\u2019","titleListing2":"UK, Germany and France call Russia\u2019s Oreshnik attack on Ukraine \u2018unacceptable\u2019","leadin":"Ukraine is investigating Russia\u2019s use of the Oreshnik hypersonic missile against civilian infrastructure as a war crime, as the UK, Germany and France called the attack \u201cunacceptable\u201d.","summary":"Ukraine is investigating Russia\u2019s use of the Oreshnik hypersonic missile against civilian infrastructure as a war crime, as the UK, Germany and France called the attack \u201cunacceptable\u201d.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-germany-and-france-call-russias-oreshnik-attack-on-ukraine-unacceptable","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/09\/uk-germany-and-france-call-russias-oreshnik-attack-on-ukraine-unacceptable","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The United Kingdom, Germany and France condemned Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine with the intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile Oreshnik, calling it \u201cescalatory and unacceptable\u201d.\u00a0\n\n\"It was clear Russia was using fabricated allegations to justify the attack,\" UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the French and German leaders in the call, according to the UK government spokesperson.\n\nOvernight on Friday Moscow launched Oreshnik to target critical infrastructure in Lviv in western Ukraine, about 60 kilometres to the border with the EU and NATO.\n\nUkrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Kyiv would initiate international action in response to the missile's use, including an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council and a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council.\n\n\u201cSuch a strike close to EU and NATO border is a grave threat to the security on the European continent and a test for the transatlantic community. We demand strong responses to Russia\u2019s reckless actions,\u201d he said in a post on X.\n\nEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the Oreshnik launch was \u201cmeant as a warning to Europe and to the US\u201d.\n\n\u201cPutin doesn\u2019t want peace, Russia\u2019s reply to diplomacy is more missiles and destruction,\u201d Kallas wrote on X.\n\nRussia confirmed the use of Oreshnik, claiming the IRBM attack was \u201ca response\u201c to Ukraine\u2019s purported attempt to hit Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s residence last month \u2013 a claim that both Ukraine and the US denied.\u00a0\n\nThe CIA has assessed that Ukraine did not target Putin\u2019s residence, according to US officials. US President Donald Trump also added to assertions that the attack did not take place.\n\nPutin\u2019s aide Kirill Dmitriev, who is also the Kremlin\u2019s key negotiator with the US, responded to Kallas on X \u2014 a social media platform officially banned in Russia \u2014 with threats and insults.\u00a0\n\n\"Kaja (Kallas) is not very bright or knowledgeable, but even she should know that there are no air defenses against the Oreshnik hypersonic Mach 10 missile,\" Dmitriev wrote on X.\u00a0\n\nRussia\u2019s second Oreshnik attack\u00a0\n\nOreshnik, which in Russian means \u201chazelnut tree\u201d, is one of Russia\u2019s newest weapons, and one whose potential Moscow has been keen to promote.\u00a0\n\nIts missiles can be equipped with nuclear payloads and are designed to hit targets over much greater ranges.\n\nAccording to initial reports, the Oreshnik used in Friday\u2019s strike carried inert warheads, indicating the launch was largely symbolic.\u00a0\n\nMoscow used it the same way to strike Dnipro in November 2024 in what was the first-ever deployment of this missile.\u00a0\n\nRussian state-run media claimed that it would take Oreshnik just 11 minutes to reach an air base in Poland and 17 minutes to reach NATO\u2019s headquarters in Brussels.\n\nThe governor of Lviv said on Friday that the Russian strikes had damaged a critical infrastructure facility, but Ukrainian authorities did not provide more details.\n\nUnverified social media reports suggested that Moscow targeted a large underground gas storage facility.\n\nUkraine\u2019s security service SBU released photos it said showed fragments of an Oreshnik missile recovered in Ukraine\u2019s western Lviv region.\n\nThe SBU said it is investigating Russia\u2019s use of the weapon against civilian infrastructure as a war crime under Article 438 of Ukraine\u2019s Criminal Code.\n\nHalf of Kyiv left without heating\u00a0\n\nAlso overnight into Friday, four people were killed and 24 were injured in the capital Kyiv during a massive missile and drone attack by Russia.\n\nA paramedic was among those killed as a result of a double-tap strike, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.\u00a0\n\n\"One paramedic died, and four were injured while assisting people in the Darnytskyi district,\" he said.\n\nThe Russian attack left about half of Kyiv\u2019s apartment buildings \u2014 nearly 6,000 \u2014 without heating amid temperatures going down to about minus 16 degrees Celsius Klitschko said.\n\nWhile municipal services restored power and heat to public facilities, including hospitals and maternity wards, he urged the capital's residents to temporarily relocate if possible.\u00a0\n\n\"We are doing everything we can to resolve this as quickly as possible. However, the combined attack on Kyiv last night was the most devastating for the capital's critical infrastructure,\" Klitschko said.\n\nThe city is also facing water supply interruptions, with emergency power outages being introduced.\n\n\"I appeal to the residents of the capital, who have the opportunity to temporarily leave the city for places where there are alternative sources of power and heat, to do so,\" Klitschko pointed out.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The United Kingdom, Germany and France condemned Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine with the intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile Oreshnik, calling it \u201cescalatory and unacceptable\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\"It was clear Russia was using fabricated allegations to justify the attack,\" UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the French and German leaders in the call, according to the UK government spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight on Friday Moscow launched Oreshnik to target critical infrastructure in Lviv in western Ukraine, about 60 kilometres to the border with the EU and NATO.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Kyiv would initiate international action in response to the missile's use, including an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council and a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch a strike close to EU and NATO border is a grave threat to the security on the European continent and a test for the transatlantic community. We demand strong responses to Russia\u2019s reckless actions,\u201d he said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the Oreshnik launch was \u201cmeant as a warning to Europe and to the US\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutin doesn\u2019t want peace, Russia\u2019s reply to diplomacy is more missiles and destruction,\u201d Kallas wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Russia confirmed the use of Oreshnik, claiming the IRBM attack was \u201ca response\u201c to Ukraine\u2019s purported attempt to hit Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s residence last month \u2013 a claim that both Ukraine and the US denied. <\/p>\n<p>The CIA has assessed that Ukraine did not target Putin\u2019s residence, according to US officials. US President Donald Trump also added to assertions that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//05//trump-says-ukraine-did-not-target-vladimir-putins-residence-in-novgorod-as-the-kremlin-cla/">the attack did not take place<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Putin\u2019s aide Kirill Dmitriev, who is also the Kremlin\u2019s key negotiator with the US, responded to Kallas on X \u2014 a social media platform officially banned in Russia \u2014 with threats and insults. <\/p>\n<p>\"Kaja (Kallas) is not very bright or knowledgeable, but even she should know that there are no air defenses against the Oreshnik hypersonic Mach 10 missile,\" Dmitriev wrote on X. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Russia\u2019s second Oreshnik attack<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Oreshnik, which in Russian means \u201chazelnut tree\u201d, is one of Russia\u2019s newest weapons, and one whose potential Moscow has been keen to promote. <\/p>\n<p>Its missiles can be equipped with nuclear payloads and are designed to hit targets over much greater ranges.<\/p>\n<p>According to initial reports, the Oreshnik used in Friday\u2019s strike carried inert warheads, indicating the launch was largely symbolic. <\/p>\n<p>Moscow used it the same way to strike Dnipro <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//08//01//putin-threatens-ukraine-and-europe-with-hypersonic-missile-deployment-in-belarus/">in November 2024<\/a> in what was the first-ever deployment of this missile. <\/p>\n<p>Russian state-run media claimed that it would take Oreshnik just 11 minutes to reach an air base in Poland and 17 minutes to reach NATO\u2019s headquarters in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>The governor of Lviv said on Friday that the Russian strikes had damaged a critical infrastructure facility, but Ukrainian authorities did not provide more details. <\/p>\n<p>Unverified social media reports suggested that Moscow targeted a large underground gas storage facility.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s security service SBU released photos it said showed fragments of an Oreshnik missile recovered in Ukraine\u2019s western Lviv region.<\/p>\n<p>The SBU said it is investigating Russia\u2019s use of the weapon against civilian infrastructure as a war crime under Article 438 of Ukraine\u2019s Criminal Code.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//60//80//66//808x539_cmsv2_d1ebc33a-7ca5-5d30-848f-b81cbd8178e2-9608066.jpg/" alt=\"This photo by the Ukrainian Security Service on Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik missile that hit the Lviv region. \" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">This photo by the Ukrainian Security Service on Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik missile that hit the Lviv region. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/Ukrainian Security Service<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Half of Kyiv left without heating<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Also overnight into Friday, four people were killed and 24 were injured in the capital Kyiv during a massive missile and drone attack by Russia.<\/p>\n<p>A paramedic was among those killed as a result of a double-tap strike, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. <\/p>\n<p>\"One paramedic died, and four were injured while assisting people in the Darnytskyi district,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian attack left about half of Kyiv\u2019s apartment buildings \u2014 nearly 6,000 \u2014 without heating amid temperatures going down to about minus 16 degrees Celsius Klitschko said. <\/p>\n<p>While municipal services restored power and heat to public facilities, including hospitals and maternity wards, he urged the capital's residents to temporarily relocate if possible. <\/p>\n<p>\"We are doing everything we can to resolve this as quickly as possible. However, the combined attack on Kyiv last night was the most devastating for the capital's critical infrastructure,\" Klitschko said.<\/p>\n<p>The city is also facing water supply interruptions, with emergency power outages being introduced.<\/p>\n<p>\"I appeal to the residents of the capital, who have the opportunity to temporarily leave the city for places where there are alternative sources of power and heat, to do so,\" Klitschko pointed out.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1767973743,"updatedAt":1767975129,"publishedAt":1767975059,"firstPublishedAt":1767975059,"lastPublishedAt":1767975059,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/80\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ebe1a5a2-207e-5f6d-b14e-b86a508ebbca-9608066.jpg","altText":"A residential building is seen damaged after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 9, 2026.","caption":"A residential building is seen damaged after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 9, 2026.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/60\/80\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d1ebc33a-7ca5-5d30-848f-b81cbd8178e2-9608066.jpg","altText":"This photo by the Ukrainian Security Service on Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik missile that hit the Lviv region. 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