As temperatures are falling in Kyiv, so are rent prices, with residents leaving the capital to escape Russian bombardment and the prospect of a winter without heating and electricity.

Over the last two months, the number of long-term rentals listed on Kyiv&

Water is currently being heavily rationed in the city, with supplies only available for six hours per day, Konotop Mayor Artem Semenikhin said.

Russia’s attacks on energy infrastructure, which weaponize winter to inflict suffering, amount to war crimes, a UN inquiry has found.

Ukrainian private energy company DTEK said one of its thermal power plants had halted generation following a Russian attack.

Acting Naftogaz CEO Serhii Fedorenko said that Russia had struck the company's facilities more than 400 times since the beginning of 2026 — twice as often as during the same period last year.