News from Al-Madinah: The approximately three million people who reside in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv disputed reports that an emergency evacuation of the city was being planned today, Sunday, reiterating that everything is “in control.”
Roman Takchuk, director of security in the Kyiv Municipal Council, said that the authorities are doing everything in their power to reduce the effects of Russian attacks on vital infrastructure facilities.
The New York Times reported earlier that officials in the Ukrainian capital were as saying that they had begun to plan to evacuate the city’s residents in the event of electricity that is completely cut off due to the damage of the electricity network from Russian missile strikes.
According to the New York Times, the director of security for Kyiv Municipality warned that the city might completely lose its energy grid if Russia kept attacking infrastructure.
He also stressed that officials in the capital were told that they would likely receive a notice at least 12 hours ago that the network is about to collapse, adding that if things reach this point, officials will start informing people and asking them to leave.
He pointed out that this will change rapidly if the city’s services are cut off, but that for the time being at least, the situation can be controlled as there are no signs that a significant number of residents are leaving Kyiv.
He added that there won’t be any water or sanitization without electricity, indicating that the government and the city administration are now taking all feasible precautions to safeguard our energy supply system.
The city has 1,000 thermal shelters, most of which are in educational buildings, that might shield citizens from Russian missiles as winter approaches, but the authorities have urged that their whereabouts not be correctly reported out of concern that they might end up being easy targets.
Notable is the current targeting of Ukrainian energy networks by Russia. According to Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski, 4. 5 million people were left without energy as a result of the strikes.
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Kyiv: The situation is under control, and there are no plans to evacuate the city’s people.
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