Ukraine: 1/3 of Kyiv without heat after attack; Zelensky: shows Russia doesn’t want to end war

By Agencies 27 December 2025, 11:33 am

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This photograph taken on December 27, 2025, shows smoke rising above residential buildings following a Russian drone and missile attack in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)

A third of Kyiv has been left without heating after a vast overnight Russian attack, according to Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelensky says the major bombardment shows Moscow does “not want to end the war.”

“Russia’s only response to peace efforts is brutal attacks using hundreds of drones and missiles against Kyiv and other cities and regions,” foreign minister Andrii Sybiha writes on X, saying the attack left much of the capital city without power and heat. The temperature in Kyiv is around zero degrees Celsius (32°F) today.

The Russians “do not want to end the war and seek to use every opportunity to cause Ukraine even greater suffering and increase their pressure on others around the world,” Zelensky says after the Russian barrage pummeled the capital killing at least one person and injuring at least 11.

Zelensky issues the comments ahead of his departure for talks in the United States with President Donald Trump on a plan to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine.