Russian Strikes Leave 1 Million Without Heat or Water
Russian drone attacks cripple energy infrastructure in Ukraine, leaving one million without heat or water in Dnipropetrovsk as winter deepens.
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister says that more than one million people in the Dnipropetrovsk region have been left without heating and water supplies due to Russian drone strikes on Ukraine.
Oleksiy Kuleba said that work is underway to restore services following the massive attack, which damaged infrastructure in the southeast.
Power was also disrupted for thousands more people in neighboring Zaporizhzhia, but power has since been restored.
Russia has recently intensified attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, aiming to disrupt power supplies during the harsh winter. President Volodymyr Zelensky called it a "joke" and appealed for support from Western countries.
The Energy Ministry said that hospitals, water utilities, and other essential services in Dnipropetrovsk were running on backup systems, while residents were urged to limit their electricity use to avoid further strain on the grid.
Ukraine's largest private energy provider, DTEK, is in a constant state of crisis due to Russian attacks, its chief executive last month, with much of Ukraine suffering prolonged power outages during the winter.
DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko, who provides electricity to 5.6 million Ukrainians, said the intensity of the attacks was so intense that "we simply don't have time to recover."
As the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion approaches, Timchenko said Russia has repeatedly targeted DTEK's energy grid with "waves of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles," and his company is finding it difficult to cope.
Zelensky said, "Such attacks on the energy sector, on infrastructure, that leave people without electricity and heating in winter conditions, have no military meaning."
He urged Ukrainians to remain "strong" against Russia's attempts to "break Ukraine" and said that peace talks aimed at ending the war should not lead to a slowdown in Western supplies for Ukraine's air defenses.
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Zelensky was on a diplomatic tour this week – meeting with allies in the "Coalition of the Willing" and US President Donald Trump's peace envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Following those talks in Paris on Tuesday, Britain and France signed a declaration on deploying troops to Ukraine if a peace agreement is reached – a move that Moscow warned would make foreign forces "legitimate targets." But a day later, Zelensky said his European allies had not given him firm guarantees that they would defend his country in the event of a new Russian attack.
However, he also said he was confident that Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine could end by the first half of 2026.
Speaking at the start of Cyprus' EU presidency for the next six months, he said that negotiations with European partners and the United States have entered a new phase and stressed that the EU must play a central role in any agreement.
President Donald Trump is leading efforts to end the war. His proposals—which have been revised by Ukraine and its European allies—include Ukrainian territorial concessions to Russia in areas in the east of the country that Russia does not already control.
According to Zelensky, the negotiations are focused on these points—the last 10% of the deal. So far, Ukraine has refused to agree to cede territory to Russia.
Once agreed, those proposals will need Russia's approval.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown no signs of backing down from his demands to annex the entire industrial eastern region of Donbas.
His troops have been advancing slowly over the past few months.
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