President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the capital’s authorities had failed to carry out the necessary work to prepare for an emergency in the energy sector. The situation will now be managed at the government level.
The head of state reported this on Telegram after a special energy-sector conference call.
“The situation in Kyiv is particularly difficult — time was lost by the city authorities, and now at the government level we will have to correct what was not done at the city level. A permanent operational штаб has already been formed for the capital, and its work will be supervised at the government level. I expect full cooperation and coordination from the local authorities,” Zelenskyy said.
At the same time, he praised the regional and city authorities of Kharkiv for their very responsible approach to organizing the energy sector’s work under emergency conditions.
“We have taken into consideration requests from Dnipropetrovsk region — Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, and other cities and communities in the region. I instructed the government to separately work through the requests and the situation in Chernihiv region,” the President noted.
Separately, he said, the situation in the Boryspil and Brovary districts of Kyiv region was discussed during the call.
“The situation in Sumy region is difficult — we are trying to help. By this evening, I expect reports on the implementation of the measures that have been identified,” Zelenskyy summed up the situation in the crisis regions.
