The ongoing energy crisis in Kyiv remains “extremely serious,” officials said on Jan. 15, as Ukraine’s Security Service said Russia’s ongoing strikes against energy infrastructure amount to “crimes against humanity.”
Air raid sirens in the capital sounded regularly over the last 24 hours as Russia launched at least 82 Shahed-type drones across the country, according to Ukraine’s Air Force.
Some of the drones — including more advanced rocket-powered versions — targeted a thermal power plant in Kyiv, local monitoring telegram channels said.
Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, Ukraine’s biggest private energy firm, wrote on X on Jan. 15 that Ukraine’s energy sector is facing an “extremely serious situation” due to “unprecedented attacks by Russia and extreme cold across the country.”
The temperature in Kyiv at 3p.m. local time was -11 degrees celsius (12 degrees Fahrenheit).