The electricity crisis in Ukraine is getting so bad that the capital, Kyiv, plans to evacuate the city if the situation worsens this cold time of year. In a statement on Ukrainian television, the mayor urged residents to prepare for the possibility of total water and power outages. “This is not a war, this is terrorism and genocide,” said Vitali Klitschko. “Goal [de Putin] is to let us freeze to death.”
According to a report in the US newspaper, the worst-case scenario prepared by the Kyiv municipality if the energy situation suddenly deteriorates is to evacuate more than three million people within a few hours. New York Times.
With the population facing increasingly colder days, officials think they will have twelve hours to evacuate the entire capital if a bombing destroys the power grid.
Currently, 40% of the city’s electricity grid is damaged, causing long hours of power outages every day in various neighborhoods of the city. Power outages disrupt the water supply and sewage, raising the risk of a health crisis in a city of millions.
The situation should worsen. (5) On Saturday, state electricity operator UkrEnergo announced new restrictions on electricity supply.
To ensure population survival during the blackouts, the city is preparing 1,000 heated bunkers that can be used as shelters by civilians.
With the recent Russian bombings targeting important infrastructure, the mayor of Kyiv went on television asking the public to prepare.
The mayor said, “We must consider all alternatives. The fate of our country and our citizens depends on our level of preparedness.” “In case of a complete failure of the electricity and water supply network, if you have family outside of Kyiv with independent heating and water systems, consider joining them for a while. In the worst case, try to find a solution to stay friends”, Vitali Klitschko asked.
“This is not a war, this is terrorism and genocide. Putin does not need us Ukrainians, he wants the land he wants, he wants Ukraine without us. The land to take him,” said the mayor of the Ukrainian capital. “We’re doing everything we can to prevent it. But let’s be honest, our enemy is doing everything he can to cut off our city’s heat, electricity and water. They want us dead. We’re well prepared.”
bombing against the dam
Russia also accuses the Ukrainian military of trying to target water and electricity infrastructure in Russian-occupied areas. On Sunday, a bombing damaged the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, causing water and electricity cuts in the city of Kherson, according to Russian occupation authorities.
A short time later, the occupation authorities reported that “the terrorist attack by the Ukrainian side damaged three high-voltage line poles on the Berslav-Kakhovka axis” and therefore “there is no water and electricity” in the city. Kherson and other counties in the region.
The Kakhovka dam is responsible for supplying water to the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014.
(with information from AFP)
source: Noticias
