Zam. the head of the Kyiv city administration Petr Panteleyev said Tuesday that the heating season will start in Kyiv on October 22.

" We accept the conclusion about the beginning of the heating season in the houses where people live tomorrow ", - he was quoted saying the Ukrainian news Agency " UKRINFORM ".

According to Panteleeva, all of Moscow's districts are absolutely prepared for the heating season, however, instantly apply heat to all the house is technologically impossible. He added that due to a possible decrease in temperature and in Accordance with the instructions of the government before the end of this week the heat has to be provided with the maximum number of houses in the capital. Zam. the head of Kyiv city state administration also noted that the minimum temperature in the homes of Kiev should not be below 18 degrees.

in addition, Panteleyev told that the connection to the heating of education and health at the moment is already happening and must end in the next few days." Today or tomorrow We finish the connection to heat kindergartens, hospitals, boarding schools, schools that will be working during the holidays, " said He. Panteleev added that schools who go on vacation, depending on the weather conditions will be heated in eco mode or not heated at all.

first Deputy Minister of regional development, construction and housing and utilities Andrei Belousov said that the heating season in Ukraine will officially begin from November.

Gas supplies to Ukraine from Russia stopped for some time from June 16 because of the billions of dollars of debt Kiev. On a tripartite gas negotiations on 26 September in Berlin, Russia, Ukraine and the EU discussed the " winter plan " supplies, designed for the period until the end of March. It provides that Kiev this year will repay 3, $ 1 billion debt for gas from Russia, and Gazprom will supply Ukraine 5 billion cubic meters of gas prepayment at a price of 385 dollars per thousand cubic meters. Kiev offers its own repayment schedule and does not agree to Made Russia the mechanism providing discounts of $ 100 per thousand cubic meters due to customs duties. Ukraine currently receives gas only in reverse from Europe.

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