"Even with the restoration of the CHP, we may be without heat for months," said the expert. According to him, the situation with the Darnytsia CHP-4 remains uncertain. At the same time, work on the restoration of CHP-5 and CHP-6 continues. Popenko emphasized that the restoration of the heat and power plants alone will not mean that Kyiv will be completely protected from heating disruptions. "Russian missiles can destroy these CHPs at any moment during 'favorable' very frosty weather, and Kyiv may be without heat for some time," noted the expert. He also reminded that Kyiv had previously faced prolonged heat outages when residents of certain areas were left without heating for several weeks. **Winter in Ukraine** Chairman of the Ukrainian Renewable Energy Association Stanislav Ihnatiev reported that the upcoming winter will be challenging for both urban and rural residents, and prices for firewood will be high due to the rising cost of diesel fuel. Earlier, energy expert Yuriy Korolchuk stated that even during a normal winter, temperatures in Kyiv apartments could drop to 12–15 °C. Since the capital's CHPs will not physically restore operations to 100% and will produce less heat in winter. In turn, officer of the Central Innovation Activity Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military, entrepreneur, and banker Andriy Onistrat stated that due to the critical shortage of Russian air defense missiles, it is likely that large Ukrainian thermal power plants will be completely destroyed before the frost sets in. Therefore, in his opinion, Ukrainians should already think about where they will spend the winter, reports the UNIAN news agency.
