Kiev has deployed more than 400 heating points, most of them are equipped in schools and other social institutions of the city, said the mayor of the capital, Vitaliy Klitschko.
“These stations will work every day. Most of them are equipped in schools and other social institutions of the city. If your house has no power supply for more than a day, you can come to the heating point to recharge your gadgets or flashlights, drink tea, find out information about where the water tanks are, where stores and pharmacies are open,” he wrote in the Telegram-channel.
Klitschko added that also “we are working to ensure that for each point the Internet works.”
The Kiev subway has resumed normal traffic after the missile attack on Kiev and a prolonged air alert, the city’s mayor Vitaly Klitschko said.
“At some underground stations, where a lot of people have gathered, passenger disembarkation is resumed gradually,” Klitschko wrote in his Telegram Channel on Tuesday.
According to him, due to the accumulation of people at subway stations that worked as a shelter, the “red line” subway trains ran from the station “Akademgorodok” to the station “Arsenalnaya”, but the disembarkation of passengers beyond the station “Polytechnic Institute” was not made.
In turn, the “green line” of subway plied from “Syrets” station to “Druzhby Narodiv” station, as well as from “Osokorki” to “Krasniy Khutor. The “blue line” of the subway was running in normal mode.
“Now the subway is gradually resuming traffic in the normal mode,” summed up the mayor.
Winter vacations in the capital’s schools will start on schedule, from December 26, 2022, Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said.
“But will last a month – until January 27, 2023. During this time, schools will be heated in minimum mode to support the heating system. Teachers, if desired, can go on paid leave for the duration of the vacations,” Klitschko wrote in his Telegram channel.
He noted that in case of emergency, part of the schools in the city will be used for the work of heating points.
The school year will last in the capital’s schools until July 1 – according to the law.
As a result of an enemy strike on critical infrastructure facilities, part of Kyiv has been de-energized, and there is no water supply in some areas, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said.
“As a result of attacks on critical infrastructure, part of the capital has been de-energized. There is no water supply in some areas. All services are working. More details later,” Klitschko wrote on his telegram channel on Monday.
Kyiv does not plan to make changes to the schedule for the start of the heating season, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said.
“Today, we do not plan any changes in the schedule. So far, heating is connected only at the request of the heads of social institutions. As for all others (household consumers), we will definitely take into account the weather conditions and will inform the people of Kiev about the connection to the central heating” , – Klitschko said on the air of the national telethon on Tuesday.
At the same time, Klitschko recommended that the people of Kiev prepare for the heating season, in particular, insulate windows in houses and porches, as well as purchase warm clothes.
“It’s better to play it safe and get ready. Warm clothes will not be superfluous this winter. We must calculate different developments, because Russian barbarians are trying to destroy the critical infrastructure of Ukrainian cities and towns,” Klitschko summed up.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko and Mayor of Barcelona Ada Kolou have signed an agreement on twinning between the cities, the press service of the mayor of the capital of Ukraine reports.
“Today, cooperation at the city level is very important, because it is cities that play a key role in the development of states and deepening cooperation between them. The capital of Ukraine develops cooperation with European cities. Attracts help from partners, convinces them of the need for further support for Ukraine. We must be strong Together! Ukraine’s victory in the war against the Russian barbarians is a guarantee of peace and tranquility throughout Europe. We are grateful to our friends who help. Barcelona gave Ukraine fire trucks, humanitarian aid, and provided temporary shelter to Ukrainians fleeing the war,” Klitschko said.
Kolow, in turn, stressed that Barcelona will continue to help and support Kyiv and Ukraine. In particular, the mayors also discussed cooperation in the field of public transport, ecology, smart city and culture.
It is noted that Barcelona has become the seventh European city with which Kyiv has signed twinning since the beginning of the large-scale aggression of the Russian Federation. In particular, Madrid, Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Oslo and Hamburg also became twin cities of the Ukrainian capital. In total, the capital of Ukraine has 63 sister cities.
