President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. Archival photoMOSCOW, 26 Aug. The coming winter will be the most difficult in the history of Ukraine due to high gas prices, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address to the people. He recalled that the cost of blue fuel in Europe has risen above $3,300 per thousand cubic meters. Under such conditions, Kyiv is trying to do everything to cope with the preparations for winter, the head of state assured the Ukrainians. gas «very dangerous and very spicy». future problems during the heating season. So, the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, warned residents of the capital about the possibility of power outages. The politician assured that the authorities are ready to cope with such a situation with the help of fuel oil reserves, but only for a short period. Klitschko also noted that the temperature in the houses could drop below normal, so the mayor urged the people of Kiev to stock up on warm clothes and blankets. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy, in turn, appealed to the townspeople to buy firewood because of the «abnormal and hard to imagine situation,» which , in his opinion, will happen in winter on the territory under his jurisdiction. According to Ukrainian media, this year the wood-burning season in the country began much earlier than usual, and the influx of buyers is felt in all forest areas.
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