The mayor of Kyiv advised residents to prepare to evacuate, in the worst case scenario, the capital would be completely powered off by the Russian attack.
On November 6, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced in the media: “The enemy is doing everything possible to make Kyiv without electricity, water, heat, and let us all fall.” “The future of our country, we every Individually, it depends on how prepared we are for different situations.”
He said the people of Kyiv did not need to panic and evacuate immediately, but stressed the importance of preparing for the worst.
“If you have relatives and friends on the outskirts of Kyiv who have their own water supply, stoves and heating, plan to stay there,” he said, adding that there should always be plans for “emergencies of all kinds” in hostilities plan.
The head of Kyiv security, Roman Tkachuk, said that if Russia continued its airstrikes on energy infrastructure, “the city could be completely cut off”. When that happens, people need to leave the capital completely, he said.

On October 31, Kyiv, Ukraine, cars join traffic at Independence Square at dawn. picture: Associated Press.
Russia has recently increased missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks, destroying 40% of Ukraine’s infrastructure, leaving many parts of Kyiv Power outages and water outages.
Authorities in the capital are preparing more than 1,000 public heating spots in case of a winter humanitarian disaster, but may not be enough to meet the needs of the city’s 3 million people, a report said. Associated Press. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on November 6 that more than 4.5 million Ukrainians were without power, mainly in Kyiv.
Ukrenergo, Transmission Network Operator Ukraine, said the Capital Region plans to cut power by the hour. Other regions with similar plans are Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhitomyr, Sumy, Kharkov and neighboring Poltava.

After more than 8 months of fierce fighting, the appearance of the Ukrainian battlefield. Graphics: Wettable powder.
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