Porodica Davydenko iz Kijeva prespava u kafiću sa svinjama dok napadi ruše grejanje

Porodica Davydenko, sa troje dece i nekoliko kućnih ljubimaca, nekoliko noći zaredom prespava u porodičnom kafiću Piggy Cafe Kyiv jer im je zbog sistemskih ruskih napada na energetsku mrežu u stanu ostala bez struje i grejanja.

Kuda su otišli i zašto

Yuliia i Denys, oboje 40 godina, probudili su se usred noći drhteći u zimskim kaputima i shvatili da više ne mogu da ostanu u svom stanu na 12. spratu. Struja im je nestala osam dana, a grejanje skoro dve nedelje, dok su noćne temperature padale i do -20°C. Uz njih su troje dece — sinovi Maksym (11) i Tymofiy (6) i dvogodišnja ćerka Stephanie — kao i dve mačke i dva psa.

Život u kafiću

Piggy Cafe Kyiv ima agregat i grejanje pa je postao privremeni dom porodice. Posle zatvaranja kafića, Yuliia i Denys razmesu dušeke na podu i prave krevet za decu. U kafiću gosti mogu da maze sedam malih svinja, što vlasnicima i posetiocima donosi trenutke olakšanja usred rata.

Sušta zima u stanu

Kada se vraćaju u svoj stan u kvartu Troieshchyna, suočavaju se s mrazom koji prožima svakodnevicu: veš se suši danima, kuhinjska temperatura je pala na oko 2°C i po unutrašnjoj strani prozora se formirao led. Tuširanje je često nemoguće, a čak i sedenje na toaletu zna da bude neprijatno zbog hladnoće.

„Tačka kada ćemo ponovo razmisliti o napuštanju Kijeva biće kada ruske trupe budu na 10–12 km od grada. To je to,“ kaže Yuliia, ističući odlučnost porodice da ostane u gradu.

Širi kontekst

Talasi napada na ukrajinsku energetsku infrastrukturu tokom proteklih meseci ostavili su stotine hiljada ljudi bez struje i vode. Posle jednog od težih udara 20. januara, oko 5.635 stambenih zgrada u Kijevu ostalo je bez grejanja, a u jednom trenutku je čak oko milion korisnika bilo isključeno iz mreže, navode zvanični i industrijski izvori. Nekretnina porodice Davydenko nalazi se oko 4 km od velike termoelektrane koja je često meta udara.

U jednom od najvećih napada tokom izveštajnog perioda, Rusija je ispalila desetinama raketa i stotinama dronova — među njima je Reuters zabeležio 71 raketu i 450 dronova — a mnogi udari su ponovo ciljali kijevski energetski sistem. Moskva poriče da namerno pogađa civile i tvrdi da su napadi usmereni na ukrajinske vojne kapacitete, ali posledice su masovne civilne teškoće.

Maleni trenuci normalnosti

I pored svega, porodica pokušava da sačuva što više topline i svakodnevnih rituala: deca uživaju u sauni kad je prilika, jedu pečene marshmallow u kakau u kafiću i ponekad se ušuškaju uz kućne ljubimce i svinje. Yuliia i Denys, vlasnici kafića, pokušavaju da balansiraju između poslovne odgovornosti i porodice, planirajući i praktična rešenja poput postavljanja šporeta na drva ako zatreba.

Napomena: Ova priča oslikava ljudsku prilagodljivost i svakodnevnu borbu civila u uslovima višemesečnih napada na infrastrukturu.

Yuliia Davydenko, 40, holds her daughter Stephanie, 2, wrapped in a towel after showering at a public bathhouse, as their apartment has no heating or hot water and faces frequent power outages amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 3, 2026. Waves of Russian attacks over the past four months left hundreds of thousands without electricity and water, making this the most devastating winter since the war started; and so the Davydenko family made the choice to stay at the family-owned Piggy Cafe Kyiv - with power supplied by a generator and heating. "The point when we decide to leave Kyiv again would be when Russian troops are 10-12 km from the city. That's it," Yuliia Davydenko, 40, said. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Siblings Maksym, 11, Tymofiy, 6, and Stephanie Davydenko, 2, play on an improvised bed on the floor of their family's cafe, where they are staying because their apartment has no heating or hot water and faces frequent power outages amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 1, 2026. Waves of Russian attacks over the past four months left hundreds of thousands without electricity and water, making this the most devastating winter since the war started; and so the Davydenko family made the choice to stay at the family-owned Piggy Cafe Kyiv - with power supplied by a generator and heating. "Maksym likes it," the father Denys Davydenko, 40, joked about their new reality. "He actually says that at home we have to do household chores. Now there's no dish-washing, cleaning, walking the dogs. So he is happy about that." REUTERS/Alina Smutko

The Davydenko family has dinner at their cafe, where they are staying because their apartment has no heating or hot water and faces frequent power outages amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 1, 2026. Waves of Russian attacks over the past four months left hundreds of thousands without electricity and water, making this the most devastating winter since the war started for the city's three million people; and so the Davydenko family made the choice to stay at the family-owned Piggy Cafe Kyiv - with power supplied by a generator and heating. "The point when we decide to leave Kyiv again would be when Russian troops are 10-12 km from the city. That's it," the mother Yuliia Davydenko, 40, said. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Denys Davydenko, 40, uses a flashlight to climb a stairwell to his family's 12th-floor apartment, which has no heating or hot water and experiences frequent power outages amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 2, 2026. Waves of Russian attacks over the past four months left hundreds of thousands without electricity and water, making this the most devastating winter since the war started; and so the Davydenko family made the choice to stay at the family-owned Piggy Cafe Kyiv - with power supplied by a generator and heating. "Maksym likes it," Denys joked about their new reality. "He actually says that at home we have to do household chores. Now there's no dish-washing, cleaning, walking the dogs. So he is happy about that." REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Tymofiy Davydenko, 6, bathes in a wooden tub at a public bathhouse as his father Denys holds his sister Stephanie, 2, as their apartment has no heating or hot water and faces frequent power outages amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 3, 2026. Waves of Russian attacks over the past four months left hundreds of thousands without electricity and water, making this the most devastating winter since the war started; and so the Davydenko family made the choice to stay at the family-owned Piggy Cafe Kyiv - with power supplied by a generator and heating. "Maksym likes it," Denys joked about their new reality. "He actually says that at home we have to do household chores. Now there's no dish-washing, cleaning, walking the dogs. So he is happy about that." REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Tymofiy Davydenko, 6, washes his toothbrush in the bathroom of the family's cafe, where they are staying because their apartment has no heating or hot water and faces frequent power outages amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 2, 2026. Waves of Russian attacks over the past four months left hundreds of thousands without electricity and water, making this the most devastating winter since the war started for the city’s three million people; and so the Davydenko family made the choice to stay at the family-owned Piggy Cafe Kyiv - with power supplied by a generator and heating. "The point when we decide to leave Kyiv again would be when Russian troops are 10-12 km from the city. That's it," the mother Yuliia Davydenko, 40, said. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Apartment buildings of the residential area, which has no heating or hot water and experiences frequent power outages, are seen through a window at the Davydenko family's apartment, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 1, 2026. Waves of Russian attacks over the past four months left hundreds of thousands without electricity and water, making this the most devastating winter since the war started for the city's three million people; and so the Davydenko family made the choice to stay at the family-owned Piggy Cafe Kyiv - with power supplied by a generator and heating. "The point when we decide to leave Kyiv again would be when Russian troops are 10-12 km from the city. That's it," the mother Yuliia Davydenko, 40, said. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Yuliia Davydenko, 40, shows a thermometer reading of almost 3 degrees Celsius (about 37 degrees Fahrenheit) inside her family's apartment, which has no heating or hot water and experiences frequent power outages, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 1, 2026. Waves of Russian attacks over the past four months left hundreds of thousands without electricity and water, making this the most devastating winter since the war started; and so the Davydenko family made the choice to stay at the family-owned Piggy Cafe Kyiv - with power supplied by a generator and heating. "The point when we decide to leave Kyiv again would be when Russian troops are 10-12 km from the city. That's it," Yuliia said. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Yuliia Davydenko, 40, checks a radiator at her family's apartment, where the temperature does not exceed 3 degrees Celsius (about 37 degrees Fahrenheit), due to no heating or hot water and frequent power outages amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 1, 2026. Waves of Russian attacks over the past four months left hundreds of thousands without electricity and water, making this the most devastating winter since the war started for the city's three million people; and so the Davydenko family made the choice to stay at the family-owned Piggy Cafe Kyiv - with power supplied by a generator and heating. "The point when we decide to leave Kyiv again would be when Russian troops are 10-12 km from the city. That's it," Yuliia Davydenko, 40, said. REUTERS/Alina Smutko