俄烏沖突爆發至今已有近10個月時間。據媒體報道,普京最初設想這場沖突將很快結束,但現在卻變成了一場持久戰。
烏克蘭首都的市長目前表示,寒冬和俄軍對烏基礎設施的持續攻擊,可能令已經吃盡苦頭的首都居民陷入末日般的困境。
基輔市市長維塔利·克利欽科周三對路透社表示:“基輔可能斷電、斷水和停止供暖。可能出現好萊塢電影中的末日場景,在低溫環境下,人們根本無法在家中生活。”
在《衛報》同一天發表的對他的采訪中,克利欽科稱俄軍對基輔市基礎設施的攻擊是“種族滅絕”。
他對媒體稱:“我們從未想過他們會摧毀烏克蘭城市的民用基礎設施。這是種族滅絕,是恐怖主義。他們想要凍死平民。他們的目的是殺光烏克蘭的烏克蘭人。”
過去幾周,俄軍開始對烏克蘭電網發動攻擊,已經使約一半烏克蘭能源系統陷入癱瘓。人權觀察組織(Human Rights Watch)本周發布的報告稱,這導致烏克蘭人斷水、無法取得供暖和醫療服務。該組織稱,俄軍的行動“旨在在平民中制造恐慌,違反了戰爭法。”
曾是一名拳擊手的克利欽科表示,自今年2月24日俄羅斯發動對烏克蘭的特別軍事行動以來,基輔市已經有152名平民死亡,678棟建筑被摧毀。他介紹了如果俄軍攻擊繼續,基輔市可能不得不采取的具體措施。
他說道:“如果持續無法恢復電力供應,在戶外溫度持續較低的情況下,我們將不得不抽干建筑中的供水,否則水會結冰,破壞整個供水網絡,而建筑將徹底無法繼續使用。”
基輔市是烏克蘭人口最多的城市,有約300萬居民。克利欽科表示,如果全市斷電,基輔市沒有足夠多有供暖的庇護所能夠容納全市居民。全市斷電的情況在過去12個月已經發生過一次。
他還表示,戰爭造成的經濟損失,已經使該市無力維修俄軍對基礎設施造成的破壞。
他說道:“到目前為止,沒有任何發展預算,我們無法修復公路,無法投資城市建設……所有資金都被用于防御。”
他還表示,基輔市迫切需要“新型防空系統”,以及更多發電機和工業暖風機。
但克利欽科警告居民做最壞的打算。這意味著將應急的食物、水和衣物放到一塊,并準備好重要的文件,以免他們可能需要緊急撤離。但他強調,目前居民沒有撤離的必要,全市目前的電力缺口只有20%。
克利欽科說道:“目前基輔市仍在供暖,有電力供應……一切運轉正常。”(財富中文網)
翻譯:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
俄烏沖突爆發至今已有近10個月時間。據媒體報道,普京最初設想這場沖突將很快結束,但現在卻變成了一場持久戰。
烏克蘭首都的市長目前表示,寒冬和俄軍對烏基礎設施的持續攻擊,可能令已經吃盡苦頭的首都居民陷入末日般的困境。
基輔市市長維塔利·克利欽科周三對路透社表示:“基輔可能斷電、斷水和停止供暖。可能出現好萊塢電影中的末日場景,在低溫環境下,人們根本無法在家中生活。”
在《衛報》同一天發表的對他的采訪中,克利欽科稱俄軍對基輔市基礎設施的攻擊是“種族滅絕”。
他對媒體稱:“我們從未想過他們會摧毀烏克蘭城市的民用基礎設施。這是種族滅絕,是恐怖主義。他們想要凍死平民。他們的目的是殺光烏克蘭的烏克蘭人。”
過去幾周,俄軍開始對烏克蘭電網發動攻擊,已經使約一半烏克蘭能源系統陷入癱瘓。人權觀察組織(Human Rights Watch)本周發布的報告稱,這導致烏克蘭人斷水、無法取得供暖和醫療服務。該組織稱,俄軍的行動“旨在在平民中制造恐慌,違反了戰爭法。”
曾是一名拳擊手的克利欽科表示,自今年2月24日俄羅斯發動對烏克蘭的特別軍事行動以來,基輔市已經有152名平民死亡,678棟建筑被摧毀。他介紹了如果俄軍攻擊繼續,基輔市可能不得不采取的具體措施。
他說道:“如果持續無法恢復電力供應,在戶外溫度持續較低的情況下,我們將不得不抽干建筑中的供水,否則水會結冰,破壞整個供水網絡,而建筑將徹底無法繼續使用。”
基輔市是烏克蘭人口最多的城市,有約300萬居民。克利欽科表示,如果全市斷電,基輔市沒有足夠多有供暖的庇護所能夠容納全市居民。全市斷電的情況在過去12個月已經發生過一次。
他還表示,戰爭造成的經濟損失,已經使該市無力維修俄軍對基礎設施造成的破壞。
他說道:“到目前為止,沒有任何發展預算,我們無法修復公路,無法投資城市建設……所有資金都被用于防御。”
他還表示,基輔市迫切需要“新型防空系統”,以及更多發電機和工業暖風機。
但克利欽科警告居民做最壞的打算。這意味著將應急的食物、水和衣物放到一塊,并準備好重要的文件,以免他們可能需要緊急撤離。但他強調,目前居民沒有撤離的必要,全市目前的電力缺口只有20%。
克利欽科說道:“目前基輔市仍在供暖,有電力供應……一切運轉正常。”(財富中文網)
翻譯:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, during a city council session on Nov. 24, 2022.
It’s been nearly 10 months since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the war that Putin reportedly thought would be over quickly has turned into a drawn-out conflict.
Now, the mayor of Ukraine’s capital city says a combination of a harsh winter and an ongoing Russian onslaught of the country’s infrastructure could create an end-of-the-world scenario for residents who have already endured so much.
“Kyiv might lose power, water, and heat supply,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko told Reuters Wednesday. “The apocalypse might happen, like in Hollywood films, when it’s not possible to live in homes considering the low temperature.”
In a separate interview with the Guardian published on the same day, Klitschko called Russia’s attacks on the city’s infrastructure “genocidal.”
“We never expected that they would try to destroy the civilian infrastructure of our cities. It is genocidal. It’s terrorism,” he told the outlet. “They want to freeze the civilian population. They want to kill us, want to have a Ukraine without Ukrainians.”
Over the past several weeks, Russia has begun to target Ukraine’s electricity grid, and has since taken down roughly half of Ukraine’s energy system. That has left Ukrainians lacking access to water, heat, and health services, according to a report released this week from Human Rights Watch, in a move that the organization said was “designed to instill terror among the population in violation of the laws of war.”
Klitschko, a boxer turned politician, said 152 civilian residents of Kyiv have been killed and 678 buildings destroyed since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 of this year. He outlined what exactly the city would be forced to do if Russian attacks continue.
“If electricity supply continues to be absent while outside temperatures remain low, we will unfortunately be forced to drain water from buildings,” he said, adding: “Otherwise the water can freeze and break the entire water supply network, and buildings will then be totally unfit for further use.”
Kyiv is the most populous city in Ukraine, with around three million residents. Klitschko said there are not enough heated shelters in the city to house the entire population in the event of a complete power outage, which happened once for about 12 hours previously.
The mayor also said the economic toll of the war has hampered the city’s ability to effectively repair the damage that Russia has done to its infrastructure.
“As of today, there is no budget for development, we are not fixing the roads, we are not investing in the development of our city…all the money goes on the protection,” he said.
He added that Kyiv is in desperate need of a “new air defense system,” and more generators and industrial fan heaters.
But Klitschko told residents to prepare for the worst. That means putting together an emergency supply of food, water, clothes—and having important documents readily available in case they need to pick up and leave in a hurry. He stressed, though, that there’s no need to evacuate at this point and the city currently only has a 20% power deficit.
“Right now there is heating in Kyiv, there is electricity…everything works,” Klitschko said.