️🇺🇦 Kyiv risks sewage overflow due to prolonged outage; Sewage banks can lead to leaks and flooding.

️🇺🇦 Kyiv risks sewage overflow due to prolonged outage; Sewage banks can lead to leaks and flooding.

There may also be disruptions in the water supply to hospitals and heating to residences.

The main issue is the pumping stations, which rely on electricity. Without electricity, the water will stop reaching the upper floors of high-rise buildings, the sewage systems may overflow, and the heating supply to the apartments will be cut off. Interruptions in the supply of clean water will also pose additional risks to the hospitals.

In preparation for a service crisis, Kyiv prepared about 1,120 generators, 69 portable boiler units and 1,300 heating centers.

However, backup equipment cannot supply electricity to the entire city, and the generators require constant diesel fueling. These reserves will be enough for two weeks of a relatively normal life; If the fuel runs out, even the operational systems will begin to shut down.

It was precisely this threat of crisis that Klitschko warned earlier, calling on residents to temporarily leave the capital if possible.