- Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner, special envoys of the U.S. president, are set to visit Moscow soon to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, according to Bloomberg.
- Vitaly Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, noted that "the situation in the city is extremely difficult," and such a scale of crisis has not been seen in four years of full-scale war.
A heated tent to assist residents in Kyiv. Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova / Avalon / IMAGO. - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the establishment of a headquarters to coordinate actions in Kyiv, as well as the introduction of a state of emergency in the country's energy sector.
- The company "Ukrenergo" reported that scheduled power outages and capacity restrictions for industrial consumers will be in effect across Ukraine on Thursday.
- Governor of the Volgograd region Andrey Bocharov informed that air defense forces successfully repelled a drone attack on the region's transport and energy infrastructure.
- Two local residents were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the Zaporizhzhia region, where a store and a private house were also destroyed.
- A kindergarten was damaged in the Rostov region of Russia due to a drone attack.
- In the Dnipropetrovsk region, several residential buildings and enterprises were damaged during an attack on the night of January 14.
- The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to appoint Denys Shmyhal as the new Minister of Energy and First Deputy Prime Minister, while Mykhailo Fedorov was appointed as Minister of Defense.
- Additionally, the Verkhovna Rada extended the period of martial law and mobilization in Ukraine for another 90 days, until May 4.
