Kyiv depends on the state electricity supply. All of the city’s own power generation was destroyed in previous years of the war.
As a result, new challenges are emerging, including today, 8 October, when a lack of voltage caused disruption to metro services. The capital is trying, in wartime conditions, to do everything possible to continue providing services, including transport, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at an event organised by LB and EFI Group.
Klitschko is confident that Kyiv remains a key target for the enemy. By the number of ballistic missiles and drones launched at the capital, the city cannot be compared with others, he added.
“The enemy, having no success at the front, has changed tactics and is destroying the city as much as possible with the key aim of sowing depression, doing everything so that the city falls into decline. To break the spirit of Ukrainians. In this direction they are striking at the heart of the country,” the mayor said.
About 4,000 buildings in the city have been destroyed, and roughly 1,000 Kyiv residents have been killed. The city pays compensation for damaged housing. Some 1,700 families receive funds to rent accommodation; since the start of the year, half a billion hryvnias have already been provided to Kyiv residents whose homes were affected.
Dozens of buildings have already been restored, but a significant number remain in the process of reconstruction. Windows and roofs are being repaired as quickly as possible: the procedural roadmap can be viewed in “Kyiv Digital”. However, the scale of destruction remains large.
Klitschko urged people to stay strong despite all the challenges of the war.
“The strong are respected; the weak are ignored,” he commented.