Kiev is preparing to evacuate 3 million residents in the event of a total blackout

KIEV – With over 40% of energy infrastructure Ukraine damaged or destroyed, officials Kiev they are preparing for the worst case scenario. The Kiev government is preparing for a possible total power outage and the evacuation of three million residents.

Ukraine’s national grid has been severely damaged by Russian air strikes in recent weeks, with estimates showing that over 40% of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.

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In a statement to the Ukrainian media on Saturday (11/5/2022), Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city is doing everything it can to continue operating as usual.

They are bracing for the very real possibility that a total blackout will soon hit the nation’s capital. According to Klitschko, as of Friday morning, 450,000 homes in the nation’s capital were without electricity.

“We are doing everything possible to prevent (a possible blackout). But, to be honest, our enemy went to great lengths to leave the city with no heating, no electricity, no water supply, “Klitschko said, as quoted by the Jerusalem Post.

He pointed out that Kiev city authorities are evaluating various scenarios in the event of a blackout, including storage of diesel fuel, generators of electricity, food and drinking water.

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According to a New York Times report on the subject, the city is in the process of setting up 1,000 heating shelters that can also act as bunkers. Engineers are reportedly doing their best to repair the power plant that was bombed, despite the lack of necessary equipment.

Although Klitschko did not explicitly mention the possibility of evacuating and relocating city residents, the director of security for the Kiev city government, Roman Tkachuk, told the New York Times that this was indeed a possibility.

“We understand that if Russia continues such attacks, we could lose our entire electricity system,” Tkachuk said. He added that city officials had been told they would receive at least 12 hours’ notice if the power grid was close to shutdown.

“When we get to that point, we will start telling people and asking them to leave,” he stressed. You stressed that the current situation is manageable and there is no indication that large numbers of civilians have fled Kiev.

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