ISTANBUL

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that more than 1,400 apartment blocks in the capital Kyiv remain without heating amid Russian airstrikes.

In a statement on the US social media company X’s platform, Zelenskyy said he held a coordination call with authorities on the situation in Ukraine’s energy sector and on efforts to eliminate the consequences of Russian airstrikes.

“The most challenging conditions remain in the capital: more than 1,400 apartment buildings in Kyiv are still without heating, and it is crucial that people in every one of these buildings receive all the support they need,” he said.

Zelenskyy wrote that reports were delivered to him during the call on the situation in various other regions, including Kharkiv, Sumy, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk.

The situation in the southern Kherson region was discussed separately, he said, where six settlements are facing “extremely difficult energy conditions due to constant drone strikes, creating extraordinarily challenging circumstances for restoration work.”

“I held a detailed discussion with the Minister of Energy on the situation with nuclear generation. For the Russian army, our nuclear energy facilities – including the infrastructure and grids linked to nuclear power plants – remain, in effect, constant targets.

“And this requires a level of response beyond what has been achieved so far. More protection is needed, as well as stronger communication with partners, so that the world does not remain silent about this threat,” he added.

Zelenskyy said that he, together with the commander of Ukraine’s Air Force and the Defense Minister, discussed the fulfillment of agreements with partner countries on the supply of air defense missiles, stating the need for a “clear” schedule for receiving the relevant packages from partners.

Ukraine announced a state of emergency in its energy sector last month due to extreme weather and Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.

Earlier Monday, First Deputy Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov announced that efforts to eliminate the consequences of two “massive” Russian strikes on the country's energy system over the past week continue.

“Restoration is ongoing at both power plants and high-voltage substations that provide power output to nuclear power plants,” Nekrasov said in a ministry statement on Telegram, adding that generation capacity at the country’s nuclear power plants is still reduced.

Separately, Ukraine’s national oil and gas company Naftogaz announced that its facilities have been attacked for the second day in a row and that there is “serious” damage to equipment as its enterprises in the Poltava and Sumy regions were targeted.

Russian authorities have not commented on Monday’s attacks but have regularly stated that its strikes target only military or dual-purpose facilities in Ukraine.