One-third of Kyiv residents have heat and water, with the rest to be restored by morning

A third of the Ukrainian capital's residents have heating and water, and city services are working to restore them to everyone in Kyiv by morning.

Source: Vitalii Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv, on the 24/7 national joint news broadcast

According to Klitschko, 40% of homes in Kyiv now have power.

Quote: "Several critical infrastructure facilities in the capital were hit today. Yes, there are shortages of electricity. There is damage to the power grid. A third of Kyiv residents now have water and heat. Forty per cent have power, although there are power outages.

City services are working to restore heat and water to all residents of the capital by morning. Power engineers are working to stabilise the power supply system," Klitschko said.

The mayor recalled that due to the damage to the power system and emergency power outages, metro trains will not run for the rest of the day on Friday, 16 December. At the same time, underground stations are being used as shelters.

"We understand that the main thing for us now is to get the metro working again, because it is the main artery of the city for public transport passengers. And we are working on that. In the meantime, we are asking Kyiv residents to use surface-level public transport. Today, buses are running in the city on a permanent schedule, as are the bus routes that have replaced trolleybus routes.

We have more than 500 of these now. Tomorrow, the capital will launch additional buses that will duplicate the tram routes. In addition, the city will organise buses that will partially duplicate the metro routes," the mayor of Kyiv added.

According to Klitschko, the city authorities will keep people informed on changes in the operation of public transport. The schedule can be found on the official resources of the capital's authorities.

"Private carriers in Kyiv have been instructed to increase the number of buses on routes in the form of fixed-route taxis. Special attention is being paid to routes that duplicate electric transport: the metro, trolleybuses and trams," Klitschko concluded.

Background:

The Russian missile attack on the morning of 16 December damaged about nine generation facilities and curtailed the production of nuclear power plants.

During the large-scale Russian-launched missile attack on the power infrastructure of Ukraine on 16 December, hits were recorded; the country's north, south and centre suffered most of the damage. The state of emergency was introduced for electricity market participants.

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