Kyiv Mayor Klitschko Responds to President Zelensky’s Criticism of Relief Measures for the Capital’s Residents
The mayor of Kyiv, former boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, today responded to the criticism leveled at him by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky on measures to help the residents of the capital endure power outages, calling disagreements “pointless” amid Russian invasion.
Tens of thousands of residents of the Ukrainian capital are still without electricity after the Russian attacks, according to local authorities. About 130,000 people in Kyiv, which has a population of about 3 million, are still experiencing problems, Kiev’s military administration said on Saturday, adding that network repairs are expected to be completed within the next 24 hours.
Klitschko said that 430 “centers providing heating” help residents cope with the effects of Russian attacks on power plants, and more than 100 are planned in case of extreme conditions. President Zelensky said last week that there were many complaints about measures adopted in the capital.
“I don’t want to get involved in political arguments, especially in the current situation,” Klitschko said in a video posted on Telegram.
“This is meaningless. I have things to do in town.”
Klitschko, who had clashed numerous times with Zelenskiy before the Russian invasion, said allies of the president had engaged in “misrepresentations” about the city’s efforts, including “incomprehensible photos” posted online.
“To put it mildly, this is not nice. Neither for the Ukrainians nor for our foreign partners,” Klitschko said. “Today, more than ever, everyone must come together and work together. And here we have some kind of political games.”
Zelensky referred last week to “undefeated centers” that will be set up all over Ukraine to provide electricity, heating, water, internet and a pharmacy, free of charge and 24 hours a day
In his videotaped speech Friday night, Zelensky said that the mayor of Kiev had not done enough to help the residents of the capital.
“To put it mildly, more work is needed,” the Ukrainian president said.
Zelenskiy was elected overwhelmingly in 2019, five years after Klitschko first took office. Before the war, the two political leaders had clashed over the way the capital and its services were run.
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