Kyiv’s municipal services began preparing centrally heated buildings on Friday amid uncertainty over when heat would be restored. Authorities are draining water from the city’s heating systems to prevent pipes and infrastructure from being destroyed by extreme cold following Russian strikes on heat generation facilities.
Without centralised heating, falling temperatures make draining unavoidable, otherwise widespread pipe bursts would occur.
Russia’s overnight attack severely damaged Kyiv’s heating and energy grid, leaving more than 6,000 households without heat as temperatures are forecast to drop to nearly −20°C.
Mayor Vitaly Klitschko urged residents to leave the capital for areas with power and heating if possible, a warning Voytsitska echoed by saying living in apartments will soon become impossible.
Meanwhile, Russia’s use of a ‘unstoppable’ hypersonic missile to attack a target only 50 kilometres from the border with the EU, near the city of Lviv, is intended to send a message to Western Europe.
Kyiv under snow. Courtesy Kyiv Post
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