Electricity-powered transport was suspended across half the city, compounding difficulties for those needing to reach heated shelters or medical care. At the national level, the government moved to accelerate electricity imports and deploy additional power equipment. The disruption underscores how attacks on power infrastructure can cascade into broader humanitarian and economic impacts. Restoring adequate capacity will depend on rapid imports and repairs to damaged assets, continued fuel supplies for generators and weather easing. For now, Kyiv faces days of constrained electricity, curtailed services and a high-stakes effort to prevent the outage crisis from deepening during the coldest stretch of winter.

Source: CNN January 18, 2026 10:50 UTC