Anticipate Winter And Power Outages Due To Russian Attacks, The Kyiv City Government Prepares 1,000 Heating Points

The Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko. (Wikimedia Commons/YellowisGolds Golds good luck)

JAKARTA - Ukraine's capital authority, Kyiv, is preparing more than 1,000 heating points across the city if their heating system is damaged by a Russian attack, city officials said Wednesday.

Missile and drone attacks have damaged 40 percent of Ukraine's energy infrastructure, leaving most of Kyiv without electricity and water, causing electricity distribution restrictions.

On Wednesday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on the Telegram messaging app, city authorities were considering a different scenario due to missile attacks.

"The worst is where there will be no electricity, water or heating at all," Mayor Klitschko said.

"For that, we are preparing more than 1,000 warm-up points in our city," he said.

"These locations will be equipped with generators and have stock of necessities such as water," he said.

It is known, the Ukrainian government asked its citizens who left the country to stay abroad during winter.

The Kyiv government also accused Russia of provoking a new humanitarian crisis by forcing more people to escape, fearing the prospect of surviving without electricity or heating during the war. winter.

As previously reported, Russia has attacked Ukrainian civilian infrastructure using long-range missiles and Iranian-made "suicide drones" for the past three weeks.

Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Russian attack targeting Ukraine's infrastructure on Monday was a response to an attack on Moscow's fleet in Crimea, directing accusations against Kyiv.

Russian troops opened fire on infrastructure in at least six Ukrainian territories on Monday, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in a statement on Facebook. Ukrainian officials say energy infrastructure, including hydro-electric dams, is affected, crippling electricity, heat, and water supplies.

The Ukrainian military said it had shot down 44 of 50 Russian missiles. However, the attack left 80 percent of Kyiv without running water, authorities said. Ukrainian police said 13 people were injured in the latest attack.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said 18 targets, mostly energy infrastructure, were hit by missile and drone strikes in 10 Ukrainian territories on Monday.

Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Supreme Command Staff meeting said measures to protect infrastructure and energy facilities were analyzed in detail at the meeting.