Power outages hit Ukraine and Moldova as Kyiv struggles against the winter cold
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SUSIE BLANNJanuary 31, 2026 at 03:23 PM
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Power outages impacted Ukraine and Moldova, exacerbating winter conditions in Kyiv on Saturday, January 30, 2026. The outages were widespread across several Ukrainian cities and neighboring Moldova. According to Ukraine’s Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal, a technical malfunction affecting power lines linking Ukraine and Moldova caused the disruption. This failure triggered a cascading outage in Ukraine’s power grid. The Kremlin has committed to U.S. President Donald Trump to pause strikes on Kyiv.
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