A woman gets warm with a hot cup of tea at an emergency center set up to support people during power outages caused by Russia's regular air attacks on the country's energy objects in Boryspil, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
Emergency repair crews are working flat out to restore power in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, after relentless Russian barrages on energy infrastructure left Ukrainians at the mercy of the coldest winter in years.
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Tetiana Tatarenkova shines a flashlight as she goes to see her neighbour during a blackout caused by Russia’s regular air attacks against the country’s energy objects in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)Raisa Derhachova plays the piano during a power outage caused by Russia’s regular air strikes on the country’s energy facilities in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)Tetyana Tatarenkova stands with a candle near a cage with ploughs during a power outage caused by regular Russian air strikes on the country’s energy facilities in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)A man smokes outside of an emergency tent where people can warm up following Russia’s regular air attacks against the country’s energy objects, that leave residents without power, water and heating in the dead of winter, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Danyil Bashakov)People get warm and charge their batteries in a tent set up by the emergency service following Russia’s regular air attacks against the country’s energy objects, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Danyil Bashakov)A woman charges her phone in one of the tents set up by the emergency service following Russia’s regular air attacks against the country’s energy objects, that leave residents without power, water and heating in the dead of winter, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Electricians carry out emergency repairs on a power pole after a transformer burned out due to a voltage surge caused by regular Russian air attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)Residents get free food at an emergency center set up to support people during power outages caused by Russia’s regular air attacks on the country’s energy objects in Boryspil, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)Emergency tents are set up in a residential neighborhood where people can warm up following Russia’s regular air attacks against the country’s energy objects that leave residents without power, water and heating in the dead of winter, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vladyslav Musiienko)People cook on grills and warm up outside their multistory buildings during a power outage caused by Russia’s regular air attacks on the country’s energy sector that leave residents without power, heating and water in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)Lyudmila Kopal wearing warm clothes shines a flashlight as she stands by a Christmas tree during a blackout caused by Russia’s regular air attacks against the country’s energy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Danyil Bashakov)Raisa Derhachova holds a homemade flashlight during a power outage caused by regular Russian air strikes on the country’s energy facilities in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)Saint’Egidio Christian community volunteers give out free hot meals to elderly people in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Olena Janchuk’s mother cooks food on a gas burner by lantern light during a blackout in Kyiv following Russian attacks on energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)Central Independence square is seen as the city fights with blackout following Russia’s air attacks on the country’s energy sector in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026.(AP Photo/Vladyslav Musiienko)People warm up at the fire as veterans of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of Ukraine’s Armed Forces serve free hot meals in a residential neighborhood for people without power in their homes in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026.(AP Photo/Vladyslav Musiienko)Volunteers serve free hot food to Kyiv residents during a blackout caused by Russia’s regular air attacks on the country’s energy system in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)Yuliia Dolotova, 37, pulls her son in his stroller up the stairs in an apartment block during a power outage caused by Russia’s repeated air strikes on the country’s power grid, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergey Grits)An apartment block is seen during a power outage caused by Russia’s repeated air strikes on the country’s power grid, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergey Grits)Daniil Dolotov, 11, plays on a phone with his brother Bohdanchyk, 18 months, in their apartment during a power outage caused by Russia’s repeated air strikes on the country’s power grid, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergey Grits)
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