Ukraine able to meet only 60% of electricity need after Russian attacks

A resident looks out the window during a power blackout after critical civil infrastructure was hit by recent Russian missile and drone attacks, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 15, 2026. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KYIV, ‌Jan 16 (Reuters) - Ukraine's energy system, damaged by Russian drone and missile attacks, is meeting only ‌60% of the country's electricity needs, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday, as the country ‌copes with its coldest and darkest winter of war yet.

Kyiv has declared an energy emergency this week as its grid crumbles under relentless new Russian attacks, bitter cold temperatures and nearly four years of accumulated damage from a Russian campaign to knock ‍out its heat and power.