In Ukraine, 1,170 houses in Kiev were reported to be without heat until the end of winter.

More than 1,100 multi-storey buildings in Kiev were left without heating and will not receive it until the end of this winter. This was announced on February 9 by Alexander Kharchenko, Director of the Ukrainian Energy Research Center.

"Everyone has already realized that 1,170 houses in Kiev will not receive heat this year. A regime of priority provision of electricity to the maximum has been established for them," the network publication Strana quotes him as saying.ua" in his Telegram channel.

Kharchenko explained that so-called humanitarian props have been organized to support the residents of these houses: accommodation facilities with heating, generators and other means, the Newspaper clarifies.Ru». However, the expert stated that despite these measures, people in these buildings will no longer receive heating this season.

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On January 22, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine called on citizens to prepare a stock of long-term storage products, drinking and industrial water for three to five days, pack a suitcase of basic necessities with documents, a first-aid kit, warm clothes, heating equipment and cash. The ministry stressed that the measures are necessary against the background of possible interruptions in heat and energy supply related to the deterioration of the situation in the country's energy sector.

Stanislav Ignatiev, an energy expert at the Ukrainian Institute of the Future, said on January 26 that about 600,000 people had left Kiev, which was in a critical situation amid severe frosts and constant heat and electricity outages.

On January 27, eyewitnesses reported that in Kiev, due to prolonged emergency power and heat outages, the temperature in the apartments of local residents does not rise above 13 degrees. The situation is aggravated by accidents in the heat supply system. According to eyewitnesses, in some areas, the repair of damage is delayed due to a lack of resources from public utilities.

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