UK Defence Secretary John Healey with Ukraine Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal, Kyiv, January 9, 2026 (Tim Hammond/UK Ministry of Defence)

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Sunday’s Coverage: Kyiv Struggling to Restore Power After Russian Strikes

UPDATE 1539 GMT:

Norway has announced €340 million ($400 million) in emergency funding for Ukraine’s energy sector and state budget.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide announced the package as he arrived in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha.

The infrastructure that supplies electricity to ordinary Ukrainians is coming under Russian attack several times a week.

Ensuring that people can keep warm, cook food, and live reasonably normal lives is vital in enabling them to persevere in this war — a war that they are fighting on behalf of us all.

UPDATE 0740 GMT:

Russia has again attacked Kyiv, as services try to restore power knocked out by last Friday’s mass missile and drone assault.

Several explosions were heard around 1:30 a.m. as drones approached. Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said a fire had broken out in a “non-residential building” in the Solomianskyi district.

Videos showed a large blaze.

Ukraine’s Air Force warned of subsequent waves of drone attacks on the Kyiv region around 3 a.m.

On Sunday, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said around 1,000 buildings were still without electrcity. More than 6,000 apartment -blocks — about half in the capital — lost power last Friday.

UPDATE 0730 GMT:

In his nightly address to the nation, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted Russian casualties to emphasize:

This is madness and it can only be stopped by combined forces – the forces of Europe and the United States, the forces of all our partners.

Every day of this war is a reminder that the world cannot protect itself from madmen. We must protect it. Russia must be stopped.

ORIGINAL ENTRY: The UK is developing a deep-strike ballistic missile for Ukraine.

The British Government said Sunday that it has launched Project Nightfall for ground-launched ballistic missiles that can carry a 200-kg (440-pound) warhead more than 500 km (310 miles).

The UK Defence Ministry said, “Nightfall missiles will be capable of being launched from a range of vehicles, firing multiple missiles in quick succession and withdrawing within minutes – allowing Ukrainian forces to hit key military targets before Russian forces can respond.”

Three industry teams have each received £9 million ($12.1 million) to design, develop and deliver their first three Nightfall missiles within 12 months for test firings.

Ukraine currently relies on US-made ATACMS and the domestically-produced Sapsan.

The announcement follows last week’s massive Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv and other cities. The assault included the firing of an Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile on Lviv, only 60 km (37 miles) from the Polish border.

As the Russians attacked, UK Defense Secretary John Healey was traveling through the region to Kyiv. He said:

We were close enough to hear the air raid sirens around Lviv on our journey to Kyiv, it was a serious moment and a stark reminder of the barrage of drones and missiles hitting Ukrainians in sub-zero conditions.

We won’t stand for this, which is why we are determined to put leading-edge weapons into the hands of Ukrainians as they fight back.

On Friday, Healey and Ukraine Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal signed a roadmap for priorities in defense cooperation, under a 100-year partnership agreement from 2023.