{"id":37593,"date":"2026-01-26T03:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=37593"},"modified":"2026-01-26T03:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:04:31","slug":"zelensky-seeks-air-defences-amid-kyiv-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=37593","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky seeks air defences amid Kyiv freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought more air defence support from allies on Sunday as hundreds of buildings in Kyiv were without heating in freezing temperatures for a second day after Russian strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure throughout the nearly four-year war, but Kyiv says this winter has been the toughest, with hundreds of Russian drones and missiles overwhelming air defences during particularly fierce frosts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This week alone, the Russians have launched more than 1,700 attack drones, over 1,380 guided aerial bombs, and 69 missiles of various types,&#8221; Zelensky said as he arrived in Vilnius.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is why missiles for air defence systems are needed every day, and we continue working with the United States and Europe to ensure stronger protection of our skies,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Russian bombardments have hit Kyiv particularly hard, forcing half a million people to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are currently 1,676 high-rise apartment buildings in Kyiv without heating following the enemy&#8217;s attack on Kyiv city on January 24,&#8221; said mayor Vitali Klitschko.<\/p>\n<p>Sub-zero temperatures and repeated air strikes have slowed efforts by repair crews working to restore heating and electricity.<\/p>\n<p>In Vilnius, Zelensky was taking part in a ceremony to commemorate the 1863 uprising in Poland and Lithuania against Tsarist Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Polish President Karol Nawrocki, who also attended the event, drew a parallel between the Russian invasion of Ukraine and past struggles for freedom by peoples in the Russian empire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The message of these celebrations is that by looking to the past for what we have in common, it&#8217;s easier today to face the problems ahead of us. Especially in an era of the revival of imperial Russia,&#8221; his office said on X.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought more air defence support from allies on Sunday as hundreds of buildings in Kyiv were without heating in freezing temperatures for a second day after Russian strikes. Russia has hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure throughout the nearly four-year war, but Kyiv says this winter has been the toughest, with hundreds of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}