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.
By order of the chief dispatcher of NPC Ukrenergo, power supply to some industrial enterprises and household consumers was temporarily limited in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, the duration of the outages will be about two hours, DTEK Grids said.
“In order to maintain the integrity of the energy system, NPC Ukrenergo has decided to temporarily limit power supply in Kyiv and the region. With this order, Ukrenergo turned to DTEK Kyiv Electric Grids and DTEK Kyiv Regional Electric Grids,” DTEK Grids said in a release.
The outages are expected to last around two hours to balance the country’s power grid, according to the release.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says that as of 11:00 am, 11 important infrastructure facilities in 8 regions and Kyiv have been damaged. The prime minister noted that the main goal of Russia is to sow panic, scare, leave Ukrainians without light and heat.
“All services are working on the ground, we are promptly restoring our infrastructure. We will do everything to restore all facilities as quickly as possible. Thanks to our rescuers and doctors who are now saving people’s lives in the epicenters of shelling. Thanks to our power engineers who are resuming the power supply of cities under shelling” he wrote.
Shmyhal also said that the air defense managed to shoot down more than 40 missiles out of 70.
Tourist tax in Kyiv for January-September 2022 amounted to UAH 47 million 360.9 thousand.
As Oleksandr Prokopenko, Deputy Director of the Department of Finance of the Kyiv City State Administration, told Interfax-Ukraine, for the same period in 2021, the tourist tax in the capital amounted to UAH 31 million 411.7 thousand. Thus, he noted, despite the war in the country, this figure is growing.
Head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power has arrived in Kyiv.
“I just arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine. This is a critical moment for the Ukrainian people as they defend their freedom from brutal attacks, liberate occupied lands, prepare for winter, and strengthen democratic institutions and the rule of law. USAID now and always stands with Ukraine,” Power wrote on Twitter.
In Ukraine on Sunday, it is expected to rain at times, at night in the western and northern regions, in the daytime on the Left Bank (except Luhansk region), in some places significant rain, in some places a thunderstorm, reports Ukrhydrometeorological center.
South wind with transition to northwest, 7-12 m/s, gusts of 15-20 m/s in the daytime on the Right Bank.
Temperature at night 9-14 °, in the daytime 13-18 ° (in the highlands of the Carpathians during the day 4-9 °); in the southern part and eastern regions at night 12-17 °, in the daytime 18-23 °, in the Crimea up to 26 °.
In Kyiv on October 2, it sometimes rains. South wind with transition to northwest, 7-12 m/s, daytime gusts of 15-20 m/s.
The temperature at night is 10-12°, during the day about 15°.
According to the Central Geophysical Observatory. Boris Sreznevsky in Kyiv on October 2, the highest temperature during the day was 26.2 ° in 1890, the lowest at night -2.5 ° in 1902.
On Monday, October 3, at times light rain, at night in most of the southern and central regions without precipitation.
Northwest wind with transition to southwest, 7-12 m/s, in Ukraine, except for the southern part, gusts of 15-20 m/s in places.
Temperature at night 3-8° warm, daytime 8-13°; in the southern and eastern parts at night 7-12 °.
In Kyiv on October 3 at night in some places, during the day light rains everywhere.
Wind northwest with transition to southwest, 7-12 m/s, gusts of 15-20 m/s in places.
Temperature at night 6-8° warm, daytime 11-13°.
