The start of the heating season was officially announced in Odesa

In Odesa, the 2026–2027 heating season will begin on November 9. Schools, hospitals, and other social institutions will be the first to receive heat.

The corresponding order was signed on November 4 by Igor Koval, acting mayor of Odesa and secretary of the city council. The document has been published on the city hall’s website.

Heating will be turned on gradually. The municipal enterprise “Odesa City Heat Supply,” district administrations, and other city services will be responsible for this. The Odesa Thermal Power Plant, housing and construction cooperatives, and homeowners’ associations will also be involved in the process.

The Department of Municipal Services and the district administrations will monitor the supply of heat to residential and administrative buildings.

In the Odesa region, heating began to be turned on as early as November 2. Bilyayivka was the first to receive heat, where residential buildings and social institutions were connected to the heating system.

According to the Odesa Regional State Administration, heating will be turned on gradually in other cities in the region—depending on the weather and decisions by local authorities.

Approximate schedule for the start of the heating season in cities across the region:

• November 4 – Podilsk and Rozdilna;
• November 6 – Izmail;
• November 9 – Odesa, Chornomorsk, Pivdenne, and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.

In other communities, heat will be supplied to residential buildings and social facilities as temperatures drop.

Ірина Глухова