Kyiv may face an apocalypse scenario in winter if Russia continues to strike critical infrastructure, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in an interview with Reuters.
According to Klitschko, now there is no need to evacuate from Kyiv, but residents should be prepared for the fact that in the worst case scenario they will have to leave their homes for a while.
“We are fighting and doing everything possible to prevent this from happening,” he said.
Today, there are 500 heating points in Kyiv, Klitschko said. He noted that for a city of three million people, 500 outlets are negligible.
Klitschko urged the people of Kiev to stock up on food, water and prepare clothes and documents, so that in the event of a power outage, they could quickly leave the city.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on November 1 that about 40% of the energy infrastructure in Ukraine, including thermal power plants, thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants, was damaged due to Russian shelling. At the same time, Klitschko already reported that the authorities were preparing for the worst scenario in winter – a complete lack of electricity, water and heat supply due to Russian rocket attacks.
Against the background of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south of Ukraine, the Russian troops repeatedly attacked the country's communal infrastructure. As a result of the shelling, the reserve line that supplied the settlements of the Kharkiv region was temporarily out of order, which left the region without electricity. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the infrastructure of the settlements of Veselaya Dolina, Dry Pond, Zaitsevo, New York, Kostromka, Pervomayskoye, Belogorovka, Kam, Stepnoye, Maly Shcherbaki, Belaya Krinitsa, Yuryevka and Mirnoye was damaged from air strikes and shelling of MLRS.