Kyiv will be ready for the heating season only by March 2027, media write

Kyiv will be fully ready for the heating season only by the end of March 2027, reports the UNIAN agency, citing Vladimir Omelchenko, director of energy programs at the Razumkov Center.

“Kyiv will be fully prepared for this winter only at the end of March 2027,” says a message published on the agency’s Telegram channel.

As reported by UNIAN, the capital's CHPP-4, CHPP-5 and CHPP-6 have not been working since March, the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant, located in the Kyiv region, is also damaged and does not work.

“Kyiv is more than 95% dependent on external supplies, that is, on the unified energy system of Ukraine. It is cut off along this energy ring around Kyiv... This energy island today is not able to exist as a separate energy unit,” the agency quotes Omelchenko as saying.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Sergei Koretsky previously said that the coming winter in the country could become more difficult than the last. Therefore, the Ukrainian government is introducing a regime of austerity in budgetary funds not allocated to defense needs. Ukrainian energy expert Stanislav Ignatiev also noted at the end of July that the upcoming winter in the country will be the most difficult since 2022; the country’s energy system cannot cope with the load.