Ukraine War12 February, 20262 min read
Russia Strikes Ukraine's Power and Heating Infrastructure, Cuts Heat to 2,600 Buildings and Kills Two
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Russian strikes cut heating to about 2,600 residential buildings in Kyiv Attack deployed roughly 219 drones and 24 ballistic missiles against Ukraine
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Ukraine energy infrastructure strikes
Russian overnight strikes on Feb. 12 hit Ukraine’s energy and heating infrastructure, cutting heat to about 2,600 residential buildings in Kyiv and causing casualties and service disruptions elsewhere, according to reporting and local authorities.
“Early Thursday Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure cut heating to nearly 2,600 residential buildings in Kyiv and hit facilities nationwide, part of a campaign that has plunged entire cities into darkness during the coldest winter of the four‑year war.”
Asharq Al‑awsat, citing AFP reporting and government statements, said that early Thursday strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure cut heating to nearly 2,600 residential buildings in Kyiv and hit facilities nationwide.
The report noted the assault came during the coldest winter of the four‑year war.
LIGA.net echoed Kyiv authorities and energy holding DTEK, reporting that the strikes caused widespread infrastructure damage that left about 2,600 residential buildings without heating.
The London Evening Standard text provided with the sources did not contain original reporting on the strikes and instead stated it was a subscription call-to-action, indicating no Evening Standard article text was supplied for this incident.
Ukraine air-defence response
Ukrainian air-defence systems intercepted most of the incoming assault. The Ukrainian air force provided engagement figures, with Asharq Al‑awsat reporting that Russia launched 24 missiles and 219 drones and that Ukraine shot down 16 missiles and 197 drones. AFP journalists in Kyiv reported hearing loud blasts and seeing explosions as Ukrainian air defenses intercepted much of the assault.
LIGA.net quoted Kyiv officials and DTEK on infrastructure damage across both banks of the city, listing Desnianskyi, Dniprovskyi, Pecherskyi and Solomianskyi districts as affected and emphasizing the local utility perspective on repairs and outages. The Evening Standard account supplied no operational or technical details on air-defence or strike composition.
Coverage of strike impacts
The strikes caused fatalities and interrupted critical services outside Kyiv. Asharq Al‑awsat reports that in eastern Ukraine two people were killed in Lozova after a strike cut power and forced authorities to rely on alternative electricity for critical services.
“In eastern Ukraine, two people were killed in the town of Lozova, where the strike cut power and forced authorities to rely on alternative electricity for critical services.”
LIGA.net focused on housing and district-level outages in Kyiv and did not mention the Lozova casualties or the broader eastern-Ukraine service impacts, reflecting a narrower geographic focus in its coverage. The London Evening Standard offered no substantive reporting on these impacts.
Kyiv heating network damage
The strikes compounded prior damage to Kyiv's heating network: both sources note earlier outages and damage to generation capacity. Asharq Al-awsat said "more than 1,000 of the city's roughly 12,000 apartment blocks were already without heating from earlier strikes." LIGA.net specifies that its tally "excludes some 1,100 high-rises in Dniprovskyi and Darnytskyi already without heat since last week after Russian forces destroyed the Darnytsia combined heat and power plant."
LIGA.net adds that "in total roughly 30% of Kyiv's housing stock is affected." The Evening Standard excerpt provided supplies no corroborating or contextual reporting on these prior outages.
