Kyiv, January 8:
Overnight Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have left more than one million residents in the Dnipropetrovsk region without access to running water and heating amid freezing winter temperatures, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. The large-scale attacks targeted critical facilities that supply electricity to centralised heating and water systems, causing widespread blackouts and service shutdowns that disrupted everyday life for households, hospitals and essential services across key areas. Repair crews are working under challenging conditions to restore services, but authorities warned that restoration could take time given the scale of damage and ongoing security threats.
Deputy Prime Minister and Restoration Minister Oleksii Kuleba said efforts are underway in an intensified mode to bring water and heating back to affected consumers, with some partial systems already being reactivated. In addition to Dnipropetrovsk, nearby regions such as Zaporizhzhia also faced power outages, though electricity was restored to some critical facilities. Ukrainian leaders condemned the strikes as a deliberate strategy to wear down civilians during the harsh winter, stressing the strain on emergency and utility workers trying to keep vital infrastructure running. The incidents have reignited calls for increased international support for Ukraine’s air defence capabilities to protect essential infrastructure from recurring attacks.
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