In Kyiv, they are compiling lists of residents who may need temporary relocation in the event of prolonged winter power outages. More than 200 thousand Kiev residents were included in these lists. These are mainly single elderly people, people with disabilities and families raising children with disabilities, Suspilne reports..

Only about two thousand people gave consent to such a relocation.. The Kyiv City State Administration emphasizes that the resettlement will be entirely voluntary. A person decides for himself whether to agree to it if, due to a prolonged lack of heating and electricity, staying at home becomes dangerous or he cannot independently provide for his basic needs.

According to Deputy Mayor of Kyiv Marina Honda, after last winter the city changed its approach to working with such residents.

“The main task is that social workers are assigned to houses and, if necessary, they have contacts and call immediately, and do not do this through announcements in crisis situations,” she said.

The decision to prepare such lists in advance was made after the experience of last winter. Then, in particular in the Desnyansky district, it was necessary to urgently evacuate lonely residents with limited mobility. The situation was complicated by the fact that many of these people actually did not live at their place of registration. Because of this, social services did not have complete information about those who could potentially need help.

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The city is already identifying institutions where people from the prepared lists will be able to reside temporarily in the event of prolonged outages. Options include boarding houses, sanatoriums, hospitals and hotels..

According to the Kyiv City State Administration, more than 16 thousand children with disabilities, more than 160 thousand adults with disabilities and about 26 thousand single people live in Kyiv. It is these categories that may need additional help if, due to prolonged power outages and lack of heating, it becomes dangerous to stay at home.

It is planned to use special transport to transport people. If necessary, regional Red Cross organizations may be involved in providing assistance..

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Lists for emergency resettlement of Kiev residents are being prepared in connection with the general expectation of a harsh winter: the president approved a decree on preparing regions for the 2026/2027 heating season, and separately introduced a special sustainability plan for Kyiv. As of mid-August, the city had completed only half of the planned work, and the national readiness of the energy system, according to analysts, ranges from 50% to 70% depending on the direction.

There are also warnings about risks in the defense sector: the head of the “Come Back Alive” foundation, Taras Chmut, directly called on Ukrainians to think in advance where to spend the winter, explaining this by the loss of momentum in energy preparations due to a shift in attention to political processes.

Read more about the heat supply system in Kyiv and preparations for winter in the ZN article. UA “How much heat does Kyiv need, or what needs to be done to survive the winter” writes Alexander Sergienko, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, lawyer, director of the analytical and research center “City Institute”.