Ukraine's energy grid targeted: Russia hits Kyiv, Dnipro, Vinnytsia and Rivne

Tue, January 20, 2026 - 10:52

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Ukraine's energy grid targeted: Russia hits Kyiv, Dnipro, Vinnytsia and Rivne

Photo: aftermath of a Russian attack on Dnipro (facebook.com/DSNS.GOV.UA)

Author: Mariya Kucheryavets, Daria Dmytriieva

Russian forces carried out another combined attack on Ukraine. Kyiv, Dnipro, Vinnytsia region, Chornomorsk, and other areas came under fire. Damage to energy infrastructure was reported, with one person killed and several others injured.

RBC-Ukraine outlines what is known so far about the consequences of the attack.

Key points:

Kyiv: The left bank was hit. Heat supply was cut off to 5,635 apartment buildings (almost 80% of those where heating had been restored after the January 9 attack). One woman was injured. A high-rise building, a school, and cars were damaged. The metro is operating with changes.
Kyiv region: A 50-year-old man was killed in Bucha district; two gas stations were damaged.
Dnipro and region: An industrial facility was damaged, a fire broke out, and two women were injured. Air defenses shot down 40 drones.
Chornomorsk (Odesa region): A drone hit a residential high-rise building; energy infrastructure was damaged.
Vinnytsia region: A strike hit a critical infrastructure facility.
Cherkasy region: Air defense destroyed four missiles and one drone.
Rivne region: Critical infrastructure was damaged, leaving more than 10,000 customers without power.
Emergency power outages were introduced in several regions due to the shelling.
According to the Center for Countering Disinformation, Russia attempted to leave the capital without electricity and heat.

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with strike drones until morning. At the same time, ballistic missiles were used overnight, including against Kyiv. By morning, the capital and several regions came under cruise missile fire.

Kyiv

Following the attack, 5,635 apartment buildings in the capital were left without heat. Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said this accounts for nearly 80% of the buildings where heating had been restored after the January 9 strike.

He noted that as of last evening, 16 out of 6,000 buildings were still without heating due to damage inflicted 11 days earlier.

During the night, the left bank of Kyiv was targeted:

Dniprovskyi district: A blast wave damaged a high-rise building and injured a 59-year-old woman, who was hospitalized. Falling debris damaged about two dozen parked cars. A primary school building was also damaged.
Darnytskyi district: Windows and a fence of a private house were damaged.
Desnianskyi district: Drone debris fell onto a cemetery.

Photo: consequences of the Russian attack on the left bank of Kyiv (t.me/UA_National_Police)

As a result of the attack, almost the entire left bank of Kyiv (Desnianskyi, Darnytskyi, Dniprovskyi districts) was left without water. The Troieshchyna neighborhood has reduced water pressure.

On the right bank, reduced water pressure persists in Shevchenkivskyi, Solomianskyi, and Holosiivskyi districts. In Pecherskyi district, water supply is available only in certain areas.

Due to the difficult energy situation, Kyiv’s metro is operating with changes:

Red line: Trains run between Akademmistechko and Arsenalna stations, with intervals of 4:30–5:00 minutes.
After air raid alerts, two trains will shuttle passengers between Livoberezhna and Arsenalna stations, with intervals of about 20–25 minutes.
Trains pass through Hydropark and Dnipro stations without stopping.
Green line: Trains run between Syrets and Vydubychi every 7 minutes, and between Osokorky and Chervonyi Khutir every 10 minutes.
Blue line: Operating without changes.

Kyiv region

In the Bucha district, a 50-year-old man sustained fatal injuries. Doctors attempted to save him, but he died at the scene.

Two gas stations were also damaged in the attack.

Dnipro

The aggressor also attacked Dnipro overnight. An industrial facility was damaged and a fire broke out.

Windows in nearby buildings were shattered. A high-rise building, infrastructure facilities, and five cars were damaged.

Two women, aged 76 and 67, were injured.

Photo: Dnipro and the surrounding region were also under attack (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)

In the Novooleksandrivka community of Dnipro district, a private house was damaged by a drone strike.

Air defenses shot down a total of 40 drones over the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Photo: consequences of the Russian attack in Dnipro (facebook.com/DSNS.GOV.UA)

Chornomorsk

At dawn, the enemy again attacked civilian infrastructure in the Odesa region, targeting residential areas and energy facilities.

In Chornomorsk, a drone hit a residential high-rise building, damaging the facade and windows.

In the Odesa district, an energy infrastructure facility was also damaged. Preliminary reports indicate no casualties.

Vinnytsia region

A nighttime enemy attack hit a critical infrastructure facility.

No injuries were reported. All relevant services are working at the site.

Cherkasy region

Air defense forces neutralized four Russian missiles and one drone over the region.

There were no casualties. According to preliminary data, there was no damage from debris. Inspections are ongoing.

Rivne region

More than 10,000 customers were left without electricity due to damage to critical infrastructure.

Windows were blown out in several residential buildings, and parked cars nearby were damaged.

No injuries were reported.

Poltava region

Russian forces struck an industrial facility overnight.

Fires broke out at several locations but were quickly extinguished by rescuers. Equipment from the State Emergency Service and two firefighting trains from Ukrainian Railways were involved.

Photo: A large fire broke out in the Poltava region (facebook.com/DSNS.GOV.UA)

Ukraine’s energy situation

Due to the difficult situation in the energy system caused by Russian attacks, emergency power outages were introduced in several regions, including Sumy, Kharkiv, and parts of the Kyiv region (Brovary and Boryspil districts). Scheduled blackout timetables are not in effect.

Kyiv has been experiencing emergency outages since January 9.

Ukrenergo said emergency outages will be lifted once the energy system stabilizes.

Kyiv was the main target

According to Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, the main goal of Russia’s latest strike on energy infrastructure was to leave Kyiv without electricity and heat.

“This is deliberate terror against civilians in front of the whole world, which, for now, is watching and doing nothing to Putin. More precisely, it can act — but it doesn’t,” Kovalenko said.

He warned that continued inaction could lead to similar attacks spreading to Europe, as “unpunished evil always grows bolder.”

Energy emergency in Ukraine

Russian forces continue to target Ukraine’s energy sector. Severe heating problems for some Kyiv residents followed a massive Russian strike on the night of January 9.

According to the government, Kyiv faces the most difficult energy situation. On January 15, by presidential order, a special штаб began work in the capital to address the aftermath of attacks on energy infrastructure.

For more than a week, Kyiv has experienced emergency power outages without clear schedules. In addition to electricity issues, the city faces water supply problems, and many buildings remain without heating.

Last week, Ukraine introduced a nationwide energy emergency regime, under which the curfew was relaxed.

Sources: Ukrenergo, the National Police, regional military administrations, local authorities, and regional energy companies.

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