Kyiv Starts Heating Hospitals and Schools as Repairs Delay Parts of City

Kyiv began supplying heat to hospitals, schools and kindergartens on Friday, Oct. 16, while repairs to a damaged energy facility delayed connections in parts of two left-bank districts, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.In a Telegram post, Klitschko said facilities would be connected at their managers’ request. Parts of Dniprovskyi and Darnytskyi districts remain excluded while repairs continue.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.He did not announce when heating would start in residential buildings or when the damaged facility would return to service.Repairs delay heating in two districtsThe Darnytsia combined heat and power plant, which supplied heating to both districts, was devastated by Russian strikes on Feb. 3. Klitschko did not identify the facility undergoing repairs in his latest announcement.Russian forces targeted Kyiv’s three main combined heat and power plants again overnight on Oct. 13-14. All three had stopped generating electricity, Ekonomichna Pravda reported on Oct. 15, citing energy-company sources, as previously reported by Kyiv Post.The loss of electricity generation at those plants does not establish that heating is unavailable throughout Kyiv, which also relies on other heating facilities.Kyiv prepares backup heating and powerIn an Oct. 14 update, Klitschko said Kyiv had prepared nearly 700 generators and 70 mobile boiler units for water and heating facilities. The city had also built three diesel power stations.Hospitals have 480 generators, while 15 medical facilities have their own water wells, he said. Eleven hospitals have independent heating, with plans to increase that number to 21 by the end of the year. Other Topics of Interest Ukraine Plans More Powerful Drone Campaign to Paralyze Russian Airports – The Atlantic The operation, codenamed “M&Ms,” was developed under former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and envisioned using small drones capable of navigating and identifying targets without human operators. Residential buildings have also acquired more than 6,000 generators, inverters and batteries through municipal programs.Russian attacks repeatedly disrupted heating and electricity supplies in Kyiv last winter. On Jan. 24, Klitschko said nearly 6,000 homes had lost heating after a major strike damaged critical infrastructure. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 90% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.