“I ask everyone to start accumulating drinking water, power sources (energy), food and protective clothing,” the mayor declared this past night, while the meteorological services advance that the capital will begin to record night temperatures below zero from next Wednesday.”In case there is severe frost and there is no hot water supply, so that the pipes do not break and the system does not stop working, we have prepared a plan to empty the water drainage of the system “, explained the mayor in comments collected by Ukrinform. The notice comes after the Ukrainian state operator Ukrernergo announced this past Saturday power cuts in seven regions of the country, including the kyiv region and the capital to compensate for the loss of energy caused by the Russian invasion. Evacuate the city Meanwhile, sources from his administration have confirmed to the ‘New York Times’ that they have begun planning the total evacuation of the three million residents of the city in the event of a total power cut. “We understand that if Russia continues with such attacks, we may lose the entire power supply system,” he told the newspaper head of the Department of Municipal Security of the kyiv City Council, Roman Tkachuk. “If there is no electricity, there will be no water or sewage. Therefore, the government and the city administration are now taking all possible measures to protect our electricity supply system,” he added before clarifying that, for now, the situation appears to be under control.