Kyiv, December 21 (PolitNavigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Ukrainians will have to spend New Year’s Eve by candlelight: electricity will most likely be turned off, because it is on New Year’s Eve that its consumption goes through the roof, experts say.
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In Lviv, the city council, which must agree on schedules for regular shutdowns, does not want to take responsibility for the consequences. The City Council motivates by the fact that due to lack of electricity a person may die on the operating table, someone may lose consciousness in a de-energized elevator, and the like.
As Vladimir Shevchuk, deputy city chairman of Lvov, says, the city council will sign this schedule only on the basis of a legislative act, which will stipulate who and how should coordinate and issue such documents. Please note that in order for the schedule of regular shutdowns to take effect, it must be agreed upon by local authorities. The City Councils of Lviv, Chervonograd and Sambir, Lviv region, refuse to do this, writes First Social.
The tension of the situation was also added. O. Deputy Chairman of the Lviv Regional State Administration Sergei Rosstalniy, who said that the critical situation in the country’s energy market is not temporary, so it will be a long time to turn off the lights.
In the neighboring region, Volyn, they are worried that they cannot provide hot meals for children: schools do not serve hot lunches and breakfasts, and this has a bad effect on the condition of children.
At the same time, particular indignation on social networks was caused by the information that The confectionery factory of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Vinnitsa sparkles like a Christmas tree. Local Maidan activists threaten to carry out explanatory work: some people want beauty, while others want banal household amenities.
As PolitNavigator reported, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk demanded the introduction of rolling power cuts in the Donbass, as well as turning off advertising and illumination in cities.