US EditionFamilies suffer as Ukrainian engineers can no longer keep up with repairing infrastructure
Repeated Russian strikes have left hundreds of thousands in Kyiv without heat or electricity amid plunging temperatures as Ukrainian crews struggle to restore power.
- On Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, Russian strikes caused power outages in Kyiv, leaving families like Yuliia Dolotova, 37, struggling during freezing conditions in Troieshchyna.
- Damage to power stations and the power grid is at its worst since the war began, and Ukrainian utility and energy crews say repairs are repeatedly undone by new strikes.
- Volunteers ladle hot soup as residents of Kyiv wrapped in coats queue because there is no way to cook at home, and frozen pipes have burst; hardship worsens with Dolotova's husband serving in the Zaporizhzhia area.
- Inside the apartment, Dolotova flicks on battery-powered lamps one by one as the two brothers huddle near frost-lined windows for warmth before bedtime.
- The harsh winter is expected to continue in the coming weeks, while Dolotova insulates her children's bed with foam rubber and the stairs have broken two strollers in Troieshchyna, Kyiv.
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Families suffer as Ukrainian engineers can no longer keep up with repairing infrastructure
Residents of Kyiv are struggling through a harsh winter as months of Russian drone and missile strikes have left hundreds of thousands without heat or electricity.
Massive Russian attacks have hit Ukraine overnight. Hundreds of thousands of people are without heat as temperatures plummet to -25 degrees Celsius. “Using the coldest days of winter to terrorize people is more important to Russia than using diplomacy,” writes Volodymyr Zelenskyj on X.
Russia attacked CHP and TPP at -25°C, hundreds of thousands of families left without heat in the most severe winter frosts - ShmyhalRussia carried out a massive attack with missiles and drones on high-rise buildings, CHP and TPP in 8 regions of Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of families were left without heat during 25-degree frosts.
He wrote about this on his Telegram channel. According to him, during the attack, objects in eight regions of Ukraine were damaged. Russian troops used ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as attack drones. Shmygal noted that the CHP and TPP were hit, which worked exclusively in the heating mode of residential areas in Kiev, Kharkiv and Dnipro. Objectives are not military. Exceptionally civilian: hundreds of thousands of families, including ch…
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