Ukraine’s battered power grid faces unprecedented challenge – energy minister

Emergency tents have been set up in a residential neighbourhoods to allow people to get warm (Vladyslav Musiienko/AP)

Fri, 16 Jan, 2026 - 13:05

AP Reporter

Russia has not spared a single Ukrainian power plant from attack since its all-out invasion, Ukraine’s new energy minister said.

Denys Shmyhal was speaking as a recent escalation of aerial bombardments left hundreds of thousands of people without heat or light for days amid the coldest winter for years.

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