Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said air defence systems are being restructured and repaired as Russia’s latest attacks on energy infrastructure left parts of the country, including Kyiv, facing electricity and heating shortages during freezing winter conditions.
Speaking on Tuesday (10 February), Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s military leadership had held extensive discussions on adapting air defence operations, including the work of interceptor units, mobile fire groups and regional defence teams.
“Many changes are happening right now in the work of air defence,” Zelenskyy said, noting that systems in several regions are being “practically completely rebuilt” as part of broader defensive adjustments.
The president said the most severe electricity shortages were recorded in the Kharkiv, Poltava and Sumy regions, while parts of southern Odesa region were also struggling, particularly areas reliant on electric heating.
“One of the most problematic situations remains in the capital,” Zelenskyy said, adding that a significant number of buildings in Kyiv remain without heat.
He said local and regional authorities, along with central government officials, have the resources needed to assist residents, stressing that support must be felt “in every community.” Zelenskyy urged officials to ensure that all buildings without heating have sufficient access to electricity, calling it a “fundamental issue.”
The president also warned that delays caused by incomplete reporting were worsening the situation in some cities, including Kyiv, Okhtyrka and Kryvyi Rih, and said accountability would be personal for officials who fail to respond adequately.
Russian forces struck energy facilities in Ukraine’s Odesa region overnight, leaving more than 95,000 people without power in the southern part of the region, according to local officials.
Moscow has repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s heat and power infrastructure, arguing such facilities support Kyiv’s war effort. Ukraine says the strikes are aimed at civilians and are intended to weaken public morale during one of the coldest winters in years.
Emergency crews and energy workers continue efforts to stabilise the system, while authorities have urged residents to limit electricity use as repairs continue.
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U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a full U.S. trade embargo on Spain on Tuesday after the European and NATO ally refused to let the U.S. military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran.
An Israeli strike on a four-storey residential building has killed at least four people and wounded six others in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek with rescue teams working to pull families from beneath the rubble, state news agency NNA said on Wednesday.
The widening war between Iran, U.S. and Israel is leaving civilians and soldiers caught in its wake. Thousands are stranded across the Gulf, flights are grounded, and Washington has confirmed the first American troops killed as fears grow of further casualties.
The Kremlin is utilising the recent United States and Israeli military strikes on Iran to validate its ongoing war in Ukraine. Russian officials are pointing to the escalation in the Middle East as evidence that Western nations do not adhere to international rules.
Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Saudi Aramco closed its Ras Tanura refinery on Monday following an Iranian drone strike, an industry source told Reuters as Tehran retaliated across the Gulf after a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iranian targets over the weekend.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. military has enough stockpiled weapons to fight wars "forever"; in a social media post late on Monday. The remarks came hours before conflict in Iran and the Middle East entered its fourth day.
Türkiye raised its security level for Turkish-flagged vessels in the Strait of Hormuz to Level 3 on Sunday (2 March). The development follows Iranian restrictions on shipping after U.S. and Israeli strikes and confirmation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s death.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov following recent military strikes carried out by the United States and Israel on targets in Iran, as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise.
Strikes across the Middle East are intensifying, fuelling travel disruption, driving up global energy prices and forcing diplomatic missions to shut their doors.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said the United States has a “virtually unlimited supply” of munitions and is capable of sustaining military action indefinitely, as the conflict with Iran entered its fourth day.
The United Nations has called for an investigation into a deadly attack on a girls’ primary school in Iran, which Iranian officials say has killed more than 100 children. The U.S. has said its forces “would not” deliberately target a school.
U.S. first lady, Melania Trump chaired a UN Security Council meeting on children and education in conflict on Monday (2 March), a move criticised by Iran as hypocritical following U.S. and Israeli strikes that triggered a UN warning about risks to children.
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