When will the heating be turned off in Odesa: we have warmed up and that's enough

At a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine chaired by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Comprehensive Resilience Plans for regions and large cities were approved as part of the state's preparations for the next autumn and winter period.

According to Oleksiy Kuleba, Vice Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine and Minister of Communities and Territories Development, the current heating season is going well despite constant attacks on energy infrastructure.

According to him, as of March 3, 70,103 residential buildings (98.5%) and 24,555 social facilities (100%), including the frontline regions, are heated in Ukraine.

<span>"</span>We have the resources and technical capabilities to complete this heating season not according to the calendar, but according to real weather conditions," Kuleba said.

He also added that the regions have already formed Comprehensive Resilience Plans based on the experience of the most difficult heating season during the full-scale war.

In particular, they include

• protection of critical infrastructure
• development of distributed generation
• backup and alternative power supply
• decentralization of heat generation.

According to the official, such solutions are long-term and are aimed at ensuring that even during massive attacks, heat, water and electricity systems operate stably.

As Intent previously reported, hundreds of thousands of people in Odesa have been left without water and hundreds of houses without heat due to Russian shelling. Power engineers and utilities are working to restore water and heat supply using backup power sources.

In Odesa, about 300,000 people were left without water supply due to the power outage. Almost 200 buildings are without heat. Power engineers and utilities are working on the ground to restore power to the area, and are working to launch systems that can use backup power sources.

In Kyiv, 2.6 thousand homes have been temporarily cut off from heat supply due to the strikes on heat generating facilities, and another 1.1 thousand homes remain without heat due to previous damage to the Darnytska CHPP. In Dnipro, heat supply to 10,000 subscribers has been temporarily suspended, and modular boiler houses and alternative energy sources are being used for social institutions.

Андрій Колісніченко