Kyiv mayor calls on residents to leave capital as half of city's buildings have been left without heating after Russian attack

Half of Kyiv's apartment buildings, almost 6,000, are currently without heat supply after critical infrastructure in the capital was damaged in a large-scale Russian attack.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko

Details: The city is also facing water supply disruptions.

"Municipal workers have connected social facilities – in particular hospitals and maternity hospitals – to mobile boiler houses. And together with energy workers they are working to bring electricity and heat supply back to Kyiv residents' homes," Klitschko said.

He added that the combined attack on Kyiv on the night of 8-9 January was the most painful for the capital's critical infrastructure facilities.

"City services are operating under emergency conditions. And unfortunately weather conditions are forecast to be difficult in the coming days.

I also appeal to residents of the capital who have the opportunity to temporarily leave the city and go where there are alternative sources of power and heat, to do so," Klitschko concluded.

Background:

• Explosions were heard in Kyiv on the evening of 8 January. Russia attacked the city with drones. In the Desnianskyi district, a UAV hit the roof of a residential building.
• Four people were killed in the Russian attack on Kyiv, and the city is experiencing disruptions to electricity and water supply.
• Due to damage to the overhead line equipment and power outages in Kyiv Oblast, there are delays in the movement of some passenger trains.
• As of the morning of 9 January, more than 500,000 consumers in the city of Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast were left without electricity after the Russian attack.

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