“Such retail facilities should ensure uninterrupted access to food for the population, and also partially perform the functions of “points of indestructibility” – provide the opportunity to warm up and recharge mobile devices,” the message says.
As indicated by the Ministry of Economy, taking into account the high level of social responsibility of retail chains, supermarkets will operate both as usual in the presence of a centralized power supply, and using their own power generation sources in the event of outages.
“In difficult wartime conditions, people’s uninterrupted access to food and basic services is critical,” said Deputy Minister of Economy Taras Vysotsky. “We are grateful to retail chains for their willingness to support the residents of the capital and actually join the city’s resilience system. Such cooperation between the state and business is an example of a responsible partnership for the sake of people.”
Information about the start of supermarkets operating around the clock, as well as a list of stores and their addresses will be published by the Desnyansk Regional State Administration.
Context
Recently, the occupying country Russia has intensified shelling of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, including those related to energy. After another shelling of critical infrastructure in Kyiv on January 24, almost 6 thousand houses were left without heat. Most of them have already been connected or tried to be connected to the heating supply twice after the shelling on January 9th and 20th.
The Desnyansky district of Kyiv actually depends on one heat source – CHPP-6, which was damaged by the aggressor country of the Russian Federation.
The RGA stated that if the water supply and sewerage systems freeze in the Troeshchina massif due to prolonged frosts, they can install outdoor toilets with cesspools. At the same time, Kievvodokanal noted that sewer networks in the capital cannot freeze.
On the night of January 29, Kyiv switched to temporary blackout schedules. During the day, the first high-rise buildings in Troyeshchyna were connected to heating, the mayor’s office said.
