“The most important thing we strive for is to save every life of our citizens. Based on this, specifically in the Kyiv region, we are deploying a network of 720 heating points that will operate throughout the territory,” Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration Oleksii Kuleba told the Eastern Europe bureau of Report.
“As for energy objects, I won't say the exact number, several objects were attacked quite seriously. There are destructions and damages, both of moderate severity and quite severe, which will require long-term repairs, and this may take up to a year. All that could be done in a month - these works have either already been completed or will be carried out as planned until mid-November,” he noted.
“I would like to say that all the power engineers and people who were involved in the aftermath of these attacks are heroes because they worked despite the air raid alerts, the risks of new shelling, in order to restore electricity supply to consumers, to our people as soon as possible. As for the heating season and the challenges that await us this winter, they are indeed very big. We understand that this whole season is one big challenge for us. We understand that due to military risks, due to the absolutely inadequate goals of the Russian army, we can get a hard winter, and people can find themselves without heat and electricity. We are preparing for this, we have plans that will allow us to somehow survive the winter season. The most important thing we strive for is to save every life of our citizens. Based on this, specifically in the Kyiv region, we are deploying a network of 720 heating points that will operate throughout the territory. Basically, these are large administrative buildings that can accommodate a certain number of people - from 50 to 300. We are preparing these administrative buildings so that they are autonomous. This autonomy must withstand more than 24 hours. We are now talking about increasing autonomy to 72 hours. These heating points will have the necessary warm clothes, food, water, and, of course, means of communication. Because one of the main problems that we are now facing is in places where the electricity goes out, after a while, we see communication problems,” Kuleba said.
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