Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has announced an electricity deficit severe enough to affect critical infrastructure, along with heating disruptions in the capital following Russian shelling on the night of Tuesday, January 13.

As Hvylya reports, he announced this via his Telegram channel.

"Following today's shelling, the capital is facing an even greater electricity deficit. Even for securing critical infrastructure," Klitschko noted.

According to the mayor, energy workers are operating in emergency mode, though the state of the power grid remains extremely difficult.

He also revealed that approximately 500 apartment blocks are currently without heating, with emergency crews conducting repair work around the clock.

Furthermore, Klitschko dismissed rumors regarding the closure of major supermarket chains due to power outages, stating this information is untrue.

In turn, Kyivpasstrans reported that surface electric transport on the Right Bank has been suspended.

To maintain transport connections on specific routes, duplicate bus services have been organized.

Bus services have been arranged for the following routes:

Replacing trolleybus routes:

  • No. 3 TR "Zaliznychnyi Masyv - Palats Sportu";
  • No. 4 TR "Prosp. Svobody - Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv Metro Station";
  • No. 6 TR "Minskyi Masyv - Maidan Nezalezhnosti";
  • No. 8 TR "Smilianska St. - Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv Metro Station";
  • No. 11 TR "National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine - Bahrynova Hora";
  • No. 14 TR "Botanical Garden - Central Railway Station";
  • No. 17 TR "Ploshcha Kosmonavtiv - Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv Metro Station";
  • No. 23 TR "Mrii St. - Lukianivska Metro Station";
  • No. 24 TR "Pivnichna St. - Prosp. Svobody";
  • No. 26 TR "Prosp. Svobody - Nyvky Metro Station";
  • No. 27 TR "Pochaina Metro Station - Kyiv-Volynskyi Railway Station";
  • No. 28 TR "Prosp. Svobody - Lukianivska Metro Station";
  • No. 32 TR "Pivnichna St. - Soshenko St.";
  • No. 33 TR "Minskyi Masyv - Pivdennyi (Southern) Railway Station";
  • No. 35 TR "Prosp. Svobody - Kadetskyi Hai St.";
  • No. 36 TR "Pivnichna St. - Chornobylska St.";
  • No. 38 TR "Vydubychi Metro Station - Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War";
  • No. 40 TR "Kadetskyi Hai St. - Palats Sportu";
  • No. 41 TR "Tuluzy St. - Sviatoshyn Metro Station";
  • No. 42 TR "Olzhycha St. - Lybidska Metro Station";
  • No. 43 TR "Cyber Center - Darnytska Sq.";
  • No. 44 TR "Pivnichna St. - Stepan Bandera Ave.";
  • No. 45 TR "Vystavkovyi Tsentr Metro Station - Vasylkivska Metro Station";

Replacing tram routes:

  • No. 1 T "Mykhailivska Borshchahivka - Starovokzalna Station";
  • No. 3 T "Jules Verne Station - Starovokzalna Station";
  • No. 12 T "Taras Shevchenko Square - Pushcha-Vodytsia";
  • No. 14 T "Vidradnyi Ave. - Kontraktova Sq.