"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a state of emergency was being declared for Ukraine's energy sector, after repeated Russian attacks destroyed electricity and heat infrastructure. Zelenskyy said he asked the government to review curfew restrictions during this extremely cold weather. Kateryna Pop, spokeswoman for the Kyiv City Military Administration, said 471 buildings in Ukraine's capital remained without heat on Wednesday as temperatures again dropped to minus 19 degrees Celsius (-2.2 Fahrenheit) overnight, according to Ukraine's Ukrinform news agency."
"Ukraine's Ministry of Development announced the mandatory evacuation of children from five settlements in Ukraine's front-line Zaporizhia region, according to the Ukrainian Interfax news agency. In conditions of constant threat of shelling, this is the only responsible step that allows saving lives, primarily children, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said, according to Interfax. An 84-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man were injured in a Russian guided bomb attack on Tavriyske in Zaporizhia, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram."
A state of emergency was declared for Ukraine's energy sector after repeated Russian attacks destroyed electricity and heat infrastructure, exacerbating winter hardships. President Zelenskyy asked the government to review curfew restrictions amid extremely cold weather as Kyiv experienced overnight temperatures of minus 19°C and 471 buildings remained without heat. The Ministry of Development ordered mandatory evacuation of children from five frontline Zaporizhia settlements to protect them from constant shelling. An 84-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man were injured in a guided bomb attack on Tavriyske. Russian forces advanced near Zaliznyanske, Yablunivka and Stepnohirsk. Ukrainian strikes caused power losses for thousands in occupied Zaporizhia and Luhansk. Parliament approved Denys Shmyhal as energy minister and first deputy prime minister.
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