{"id":12442,"date":"2026-01-15T02:47:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=12442"},"modified":"2026-01-15T02:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:47:36","slug":"zelensky-declares-state-of-emergency-in-ukraines-energy-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=12442","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky declares state of emergency in Ukraine’s energy sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ukraine has declared a state of emergency in the country’s energy sector, with particular focus on Kyiv, as ongoing Russian strikes continue to leave thousands of residents without power. <\/p>\n

The nation is in the midst of a particularly cold winter<\/a>, with overnight temperatures in Kyiv dropping to around -20C.<\/p>\n

After a special cabinet meeting, President Volodymyr Zelensky said a round-the-clock task force would be set up to deal with the damaging consequences of Russian airstrikes and worsening weather conditions. <\/p>\n

He accused Moscow of deliberately exploiting the harsh, sub-zero temperatures to target critical infrastructure, including energy distribution facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In recent weeks, Kyiv has been particularly affected by Russian attacks, leaving thousands of homes without regular power, heating or running water. <\/p>\n

After one particularly heavy night of missile and drone attacks last week, 70% of the capital was left without power for several hours.<\/p>\n

Zelensky said the new measures would include procuring vital energy equipment and resources from abroad to replace damaged installations. <\/p>\n

“The First Deputy Prime Minister \u2013 Minister of Energy of Ukraine has been assigned to oversee work supporting people and communities under these conditions,” he wrote on X.<\/p>\n

He also ordered an increase in the number of emergency help points around Kyiv to provide heat and power for residents, a move which could see a relaxing of current midnight curfew in the capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have not been limited to the capital.<\/p>\n

Last week, Ukrainian officials said that more than one million people in south-eastern Ukraine spent hours without heating and water supplies as a result of Russian air strikes. <\/p>\n

DTEK, Ukraine’s biggest private energy provider, is living in permanent crisis mode because of Russian attacks on the grid, its CEO, Maxim Timchenko, told the BBC last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches, Timchenko said Russia had repeatedly targeted DTEK’s energy grid with “waves of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles” and the company had found it difficult to cope.<\/p>\n

He added that the intensity of strikes had been so frequent “we just don’t have time to recover”.<\/p>\n

DTEK currently provides power for 5.6 million Ukrainians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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