Nearly 6,000 Kyiv homes left without heating after Russian attack

Nearly 6,000 homes in Kyiv were left without heating after a large-scale Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital, city authorities said on January 24.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the outage was caused by damage to critical infrastructure during the attack. According to him, most of the affected buildings had already been reconnected twice or were in the process of being reconnected to the heating system following earlier strikes on January 9 and 20. He added that the attack also caused disruptions to the water supply on the city’s left bank and partially on the right bank.

Earlier reports said that one person was killed and four others were injured as a result of the Russian strikes on Kyiv.

Klitschko provided details of the damage across several districts. In the Desnianskyi district, falling debris hit a non-residential building. In the Dniprovskyi district, debris from a drone caused a fire at a garage cooperative, and a fuel tanker caught fire in a parking area. Windows were also shattered in a multi-story residential building in the area.

In the Darnytskyi district, drone debris fell near a private medical facility, damaging windows in the building but causing no fire. In the Holosiivskyi district, debris fell onto the territory of a non-residential area, sparking a fire, while at another location, windows were blown out in a private house. In the Solomianskyi district, debris damaged a six-story office building.

According to the mayor, one person was killed, and four people were injured in the attack. Three of the injured were hospitalised.

By Tamilla Hasanova