Ukraine’s energy minister sets out timeline for restoring heating to Kyiv flats

Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's Energy Minister, has said that work is ongoing in Kyiv to restore heating after a Russian attack on the night of 19-20 January.

Source: Denys Shmyhal on social media

Quote: "Start-up operations will continue through the night. We plan to begin warming the boilers late this evening so that we can start bringing heat back to Kyiv residents' homes in the morning."

Details: Shmyhal added that the power situation remains difficult, although emergency repairs are continuing and power engineers are working around the clock.

Quote: "The operation of critical infrastructure facilities is also under review. We are assessing how much electricity can be freed up and redirected to households."

More details: Shmyhal said he had ordered a further review and instructed officials to switch as many facilities as possible to generator power to free up more electricity for households.

He added that Kyiv has already received 49 of the 55 generators allocated from the Energy Ministry's reserve hub. The remaining units are due to arrive as soon as possible.

Background:

• A total of 5,635 apartment buildings in the city of Kyiv have been left without heating following a Russian strike on the night of 19-20 January. The left bank of the capital is also without water.
• Later, municipal workers restored heating to more than 1,600 residential buildings in Kyiv that had been left without heat after the Russian attack.
• Water supply in Kyiv has been fully restored after a Russian attack on the night of 19-20 January.

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