600 thousand people have left Kyiv since January. “Putin wants to break resistance with frost.”

About 600 thousand people have left Kiev since January 9, when the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko, appealed to residents to temporarily evacuate the city. After massive Russian attacks, half of the buildings in Kiev were left without heating, Klitschko said on Tuesday in an interview with AFP.

“Not everyone has the opportunity to leave the city, but currently the number of inhabitants is decreasing,” Klitschko reported in an interview with the French agency, emphasizing that so far 600,000 people have left Kiev, which has a population of about 3.6 million. people.

The temperature reaches almost minus 20 degrees Celsius, and Putin is using it to break the resistance (of Ukrainians), plunge everyone into depression and cause tensions in society, the mayor of Kiev warned.

Earlier on Tuesday, Klitschko informed in the Telegram messenger that about 4,000 people in the capital remain without heating. residential buildings. “Municipal services supplied heat to more than 1,600 out of 5,635 residential buildings where there was no supply after intense Russian shelling,” said the head of the city administration.

Parliament works in darkness

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, appealed to the heads of parliaments of other countries, including: marshals of the Senate and Sejm of the Republic of Poland – not to remain silent, to react to Russia's terrorism and to help Ukraine.

“After another Russian missile and drone attack Ukrainian cities were left without electricity, water and heating. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine also does not currently have access to these basic services. Nevertheless, we continue our work. “Ukraine is still fighting – for the lives of its citizens and for the security of Europe,” wrote Stefanczuk on the X platform.

Zelensky: This is abuse of people

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that a significant number of ballistic and cruise missiles and over 300 strike drones were used in the Russian attack. The head of state emphasized that the most difficult situation currently prevails in Kiev and the Kiev Oblast.

“The most complicated situation is currently in Kiev – a significant number of residential buildings remain without heating. It is important that the world does not remain silent about this. Russia cannot be treated on an equal footing with other countries in the world as long as it is focused only on killing and abusing people,” Zelensky stressed. (PAP)

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