Starting this Thursday, March 28, buildings in the capital will be cut off from heating. The decision to end the heating season was made due to significant warming. This was announced by Mayor Vitali Klitschko, reports UNN.
The heating season in the capital is scheduled to end on March 28, given the significant warming predicted by weather forecasters. Therefore, starting this Thursday, the city will begin the process of disconnecting buildings from heating
He reminded that Kyiv's centralized heating system is the largest in Ukraine and one of the largest in Europe. Therefore, it takes several days to deploy it and to switch to summer mode.
According to Klitschko, the early completion of the heating season will allow the capital to save energy and not waste natural gas. And residents of city will save money on heating bills.
"Heating systems in health care, culture, physical culture and sports, pre-school and general secondary education, as well as in social service institutions and facilities are turned off upon written requests from their managers," the mayor said.
He also noted that despite the enormous risks and enemy shelling, Kyiv went through the heating season steadily and without disruptions in the operation of life support systems.
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Due to weather conditions, the heating season in Kherson has been completed today.
Earlier, Oleksiy Chernyshov, Chairman of the Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine, said that this year's heating season in Ukraine would end ahead of scheduledue to the above-zero temperatures.