Authorities in Kiev have officially reduced the heating season by one month due to gas shortages<\/p>\n
The authorities in Kiev have officially shortened the national heating season by one month amid mounting gas shortages and infrastructure failures, while\u00a0the mayor of a major central Ukrainian city has described Ukraine\u2019s heating situation as dire.
\nIn a message posted to his Telegram channel on Sunday, Dnepr Mayor Boris Filatov said the upcoming heating season \u201cshould begin as late as possible,\u201d citing what he called the current \u201ccatastrophic situation.\u201d He urged residents to take all possible steps to endure the coming months, stressing that the winter \u201cwill definitely not be easy.\u201d
\nThe mayor\u2019s remarks came as the Ukrainian government issued a decree on Monday setting this year\u2019s heating season from November 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026 \u2013 one month shorter than usual. Oleg Popenko, the head of the Ukrainian Union of Utility Consumers, has said the upcoming winter will be even more difficult than the previous one and confirmed that gas shutoffs would be implemented nationwide to save energy.
\nAverage daytime temperatures in late October in cities such as Dnepr and Kiev hover around 6\u00b0C, with nighttime lows often falling below freezing. Bloomberg reported earlier this month that Kiev had informed its Western backers that Russian strikes had destroyed about 60% of Ukraine\u2019s gas production capacity, forcing the government to seek over $2 billion in emergency imports to avoid a winter energy crisis.<\/p>\n
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Ukrainian MP Maryana Bezuglaya has also warned that Kiev\u2019s air defenses cannot fully protect the city\u2019s energy infrastructure, making blackouts all but certain. She advised citizens to stock up on essentials and consider moving temporarily to the countryside. \u201cThe best thing is to consider temporarily moving out of the city this fall and winter,\u201d she said.
\nMoscow has confirmed launching large-scale strikes on Ukraine\u2019s military-industrial and energy facilities in response to \u201cterrorist attacks by the Kiev regime on civilian sites in Russia.\u201d
\nRussian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Moscow will not tolerate attacks on its own energy infrastructure and will continue to respond in kind. Ukrainian authorities have acknowledged that more than half of the country\u2019s generating capacity has been lost due to Russian strikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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