These areas will be equipped with generators and stocked with basic goods such as drinking water.
Authorities in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv are preparing more than 1,000 spaces across the city where citizens can go to stay warm in case the heating system is shut down due to Russian attacks, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said today.
The attacks launched by Russia with missiles and drones have damaged 40% of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and already for a short time large areas of Kiev were left without electricity and water supply.
Today Klitschko reported on Telegram that the city authorities are considering different scenarios. “The worst thing is to have no electricity at all, to stop water supply and heating,” he pointed out. “For this case we are preparing more than 1,000 heating areas in our city.”
These areas will be equipped with generators and there will be a stock of basic goods, such as drinking water.
Ukraine’s government has asked Ukrainians who have fled the country to stay abroad for the winter, while accusing Russia of sparking a new humanitarian crisis by forcing even more people to flee their homes for fear of being forced to cross the border. in winter without electricity and heating.
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