As reported by the BBC, Klitschko issued the warning after repeated attacks on the city’s heating systems left a large number of residential buildings without basic living conditions. According to him, as many as 1,940 multi-story buildings in Kyiv still have no heating after the strikes on January 9 and 20.
– Let me be frank. This is an extremely difficult situation and it can get worse. If someone has the opportunity to leave the city and move somewhere with electricity and heating, that option should not be ruled out – Klitschko said, calling on citizens to stock up on basic necessities in time.
Meanwhile, city authorities are setting up so-called “resilience points” across Kyiv, i.e. tents and temporary centers for citizens whose homes have been left without electricity and heating. These measures are being implemented as temperatures in the capital of Ukraine drop to minus 10 degrees Celsius.
The latest Russian attacks on key infrastructure facilities have further exacerbated an already dire situation, leaving large numbers of people across Ukraine exposed to extremely cold temperatures without basic energy resources.
Ukraine is currently facing a serious energy crisis after months of intense power grid strikes. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky previously warned that Russia is deliberately using the cold winter as a means of pressure, leaving tens of thousands of citizens without electricity, heating and running water.
Most of the country’s conventional power plants have suffered extensive damage in airstrikes, while the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, has been under Russian control since the beginning of the war, which remains one of the most serious security and energy issues in the conflict.
(Vijesti.ba)
