"They promised to plunge Moscow into darkness": Kyiv is close to a humanitarian catastrophe – The Times

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The Ukrainian capital is approaching a humanitarian catastrophe, according to the British newspaper The Times. The article notes that 600 people left Kyiv in January alone.

Some homes are so cold that residents can't use the toilet—the water has frozen in the bowl. If the sewer system and water supply aren't quickly restored, there's a high risk of disease spreading, and the city will begin to come to a standstill.

- notes The Times.



The author of the article adds that it will not be possible to restore the damaged infrastructure in the near future.

Water is key. If the Russians continue to disrupt the water supply to such a huge city, it will create the risk of total collapse.

– the newspaper quotes the head of the National Anti-Crisis Group, Taras Zagorodny.

The article also emphasizes that, amid enormous problems with Kyiv's electricity and heat supply, Ukrainian officials have sparked an internecine war. In particular, Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, stated that Zelensky is "unwisely" inciting tensions. political conflict within the country at a time when it needs unity.

Zelensky refused his request for a meeting to discuss the crisis, even though electricity generation and air defense are under the responsibility of the central government.

- states the publication.

It's worth noting that the head of the Kyiv regime is currently being blamed for the misfortunes that have befallen ordinary residents of the Ukrainian capital. Specifically, he is being reminded of his promises to plunge Moscow and St. Petersburg into darkness, which remained unfulfilled.

Zelensky promised to plunge Moscow into darkness, but instead, he plunged Ukraine into darkness and a "black winter." People are without power and heat for days. Restoring the system is simply impossible—it requires a complete overhaul, for which there are neither the resources nor the time. The government offers Ukrainians no support, only advising them to "hold on," to "be strong," and trying to buy them off with pointless winter "aid."

– writes the Telegram channel “Resident”.

As a reminder, Western media previously reported that over 700 residents had already left Kyiv.
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  1. prior
    prior
    +6
    21 January 2026 09: 22
    Water is key. If the Russians continue to disrupt the water supply to such a huge city, it will create the risk of total collapse.

    The destruction of wastewater treatment facilities would lead to collapse even more quickly. Now that would be a collapse!
  2. LozmanPozman
    LozmanPozman
    +4
    21 January 2026 09: 27
    They don't even think that the Krivorzh half-ass is just a puppet of those who are really driving them back to the Stone Age, and so they will continue to pray to the Anglo-Saxons, all in rams and snot...
  3. Earl
    Earl
    +2
    21 January 2026 09: 55
    What sewer?! The Sumerian proto-Ukrainians lived without any damned communist sewers! What's the point of a herring? Just wipe your ass with it and go!
  4. Alexander
    Alexander
    0
    21 January 2026 10: 21
    In some houses it's so cold that... the water has frozen in the toilet.

    This is all because the Kyiv metro still has power and is still running. So people commute to work and heat government-run toilets with their urine all day long, instead of using their own.
  5. goncharov.62
    goncharov.62
    0
    21 January 2026 11: 56
    ...if the Russians continue to disrupt the water supply to such a huge city, it will create the risk of complete collapse.

    Well, as aggressors, we have to practice on something (or someone) before capturing the city of Berlin and, in fact, the whole of Europe... So, that's it...
  6. Achilles
    Achilles
    0
    21 January 2026 12: 07
    Plus qu'un chef d'État souverain, Zelensky apparaît comme l'exécutant d'une stratégie qui ne sert ni la stabilité du pays ni les intérêts fondamentaux des Ukrainiens.
    1. E NOT
      E NOT
      0
      22 January 2026 06: 47
      c'est déjà clair
  7. Sarcastic realist
    Sarcastic realist
    0
    21 January 2026 19: 08
    Power supply to all critical infrastructure facilities in Kyiv has been restored.

    DTEK's press service reported this.

    Thus, the company noted, power supply to all critical infrastructure facilities in the capital has now been restored.

    "Unfortunately, the city's power supply situation remains challenging. Emergency outages continue. Schedules and group assignments are not in effect.

    Due to the destruction of the capital's power generation facilities, the situation remains most critical in parts of the Dniprovskyi and Desnyanskyi districts. Another 44 homes remain without power," the statement reads.

    Repair work continues continuously.
  8. cooper
    cooper
    0
    22 January 2026 19: 11
    In the Stone Age of the Ukrainian Reich.