US EditionUkraine War Latest Updates: Nearly 6,000 Apartment Buildings in Kyiv without Heat Following Massive Russian Strike (8)
The strikes damaged Kyiv's critical infrastructure, leaving 6,000 apartment buildings without heat amid subzero temperatures, with emergency repairs underway and international meetings planned.
- On Jan. 9, a massive Russian missile and drone strike hit Kyiv, leaving nearly 6,000 apartment buildings without heat, with Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko calling it the capital's most serious damage to date.
- Russia launched 36 missiles and 242 drones in the operation, using the Oreshnik IRBM and targeting Kyiv Oblast as the main axis, Kyiv's Air Force reported.
- Repairs to electricity and central heating systems are ongoing as Ukraine's Energy Ministry reported over 500,000 consumers lost power, while utility workers used mobile boiler stations to heat hospitals and maternity wards.
- Authorities reported at least 9 killed and 57 injured in the attacks, while Andriy Sybiha, Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister, said Kyiv will seek emergency United Nations Security Council and Ukraine–NATO Council meetings.
- International condemnation followed as Kyiv linked the attacks to maritime and civilian-targeting patterns, with Kuleba saying `This is another act of terror against civilian shipping` on day 1,416.
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In Kiev, almost half of the apartment buildings (about 6,000) were left without heating due to damage to critical infrastructure as a result of the Russian attack, reported the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitaly Klićko.
Ukraine war latest updates: Nearly 6,000 apartment buildings in Kyiv without heat following massive Russian strike (8)
Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 8 times today. Around 6,000 multi-apartment buildings are currently without heating after a mass Russian missile and drone strike severely damaged the capital's critical infrastructure overnight, local authorities reported on Jan. 9.
For the second time since the beginning of the war, Russia launched an Orechnik hypersonic missile.
The energy and heating infrastructure was damaged by Russian airstrikes last night. Nearly 3,000 apartment buildings are said to be unheatable.
Massive Russian strikes killed at least four people and deprived of heating half of Kyiv's residential buildings, pushing the mayor to call on the residents on Friday to "temporarily" evacuate the Ukrainian capital.
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