Heating in Kyiv Starts Wednesday: Mayor Klitschko

Klitschko, writing in a Telegram update on Tuesday, said heating for residential users in Kyiv will start on Wednesday after “the city took into account key factors.”

“On Oct. 29, Kyiv will begin the heating season in the housing stock,” Klitschko wrote.

“In the issue of the start of the heating period, the city took into account key factors – weather conditions, rational use of fuel, ensuring sanitary temperature parameters in buildings, and reducing the load on the power grid,” he added.

In recent years, winter temperatures in Kyiv have usually dropped to around -10°C (14°F), though strong winds and high humidity can make it feel even colder.

He then said the system “technologically requires up to seven days” to deploy, adding that heating for other institutions has started earlier in the month based on individual requests.

“The heating season for hospitals, schools, kindergartens, and other social institutions in Kyiv began on Oct. 3. At the individual requests of their heads,” Klitschko wrote.

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