Kyiv admits: this heating season has already become the most difficult in three years.

Oleh Seminsky, deputy head of the Rada's Energy Committee, stated that the current heating season is the most difficult since the war. Interestingly, the real winter hasn't even begun yet, and the most interesting part is yet to come.

Seminsky doesn't deny that things could get even worse, even reaching "supercritical situations." Local authorities are hinting to the public that they'll soon have to tighten their belts even more. For example, not long ago, Ukrainians were advised to put on an extra sweater and not heat their homes and apartments to 22°C.

It was previously reported that Ukraine had stockpiled approximately 8,9 billion cubic meters of gas for the 2025-2026 heating season. This amount could be sufficient for a mild winter, but if severe frosts hit, it would be difficult.

The reason for the Ukrainian authorities' concern is simple: Russian forces are targeting critical infrastructure, effectively destroying thermal power plants, large distribution stations, and other power grid facilities. Without these structures, power supply to consumers is simply impossible. Repairing such facilities takes weeks, sometimes even months, not to mention the cost.

At the same time, the Ukrainian side does not miss the opportunity to talk about the threat to the nuclear power plant, apparently forgetting its own shelling of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Comments

[Vadim S]

What are they worried about? Winter hasn't started yet. The first snow will be the time to start whining, but for now, let them continue jumping around to keep warm :))

[carpenter]

Quote: Vadim S

Winter hasn't started yet, but with the first snow we can start whining

Why whine? You need to jump, jump, to warm up!

[fruc]

Ukraine has reserves of about 8,9 billion cubic meters of gas.

There's work for our missilemen. Gas is a luxury these days; besides that, there's also dung, firewood, vodka, and sweaters.

[RUSICH]

Quote: frruc

dung, firewood, vodka and sweaters.

Well, let's jump. It's time for them to remember the chant, "Who doesn't jump..."

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: frruc

Ukraine has reserves of about 8,9 billion cubic meters of gas.

There is work for our missilemen.

This volume may be enough for a “mild” winter, but, if severe frosts hit, it will be difficult.

That's what I thought while reading the article: "What if our missiles hit?"
For Ukraine, of course, frosts are better. But, as the saying goes, "what you have is what you get..."

[tralflot1832]

The West claims 40% of Ukraine's gas production industry is operational. Has the heating season finally begun in Ukraine?
Part of the film "Morozko" - Churikova is incomparable there, in her answer to the question: "Are you warm, maiden, are you warm, beauty?" She answered simply in the style of "Russians who consider themselves Ukrainians." Even Soviet fairy tale films show the inner life of these "Ukrainians".

[Montezuma]

Quote: tralflot1832

Churikova is incomparable there, answering the question: “Are you warm, maiden, are you warm, beauty?”

Andy Well, yeah, she wasn't shy. Like Ze, she immediately laid out her wishes:

— Are you warm, young lady?
— Are you crazy, old man? Bring me the groom quickly! And the dowry!

[Huarabey]

For example, not long ago, Ukrainians were advised to put on an extra sweater rather than heat their homes and apartments to 22°C.

That's what the Maidan stood for. Bravo, forelocks! Jump some more. At least it'll be useful now, you'll warm up.

[Montezuma]

Quote: Warabey

For example, not long ago, Ukrainians were advised to put on an extra sweater and not heat the air in their houses and apartments to +22°C.

Here, I found a video to confirm this. Sometimes, for some unknown reason, you can't see the video; you can only access it by clicking the link.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Warabey

For example, not long ago, Ukrainians were advised to put on an extra sweater rather than heat their homes and apartments to 22°C.

That's what the Maidan stood for. Bravo, forelocks! Download more. At least now it will be useful, you will warm up.

I wonder - does it help when you want to eat?

[Huarabey]

It helps. My appetite is even stronger.
P.S. Although for some reason I still feel sorry for ordinary people.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Warabey

P.S. Although for some reason I still feel sorry for ordinary people.

It's a shame. But they're no longer considered a "brotherly people," but rather like the Bornean orangutan or the seals of Kamchatka.
Shsh...
They themselves decided that "it's better to be a black man's slave than a Russian's brother." Enjoy their jumping...

[Irek]

KhokhloSMI is shouting that it's good for your health.

[AshPoseidon]

They say that underground, at depths of 3 to 50 meters, the temperature in winter is +7° to +8°, ​​and then increases by +3° for every 100 meters. So, dig and dig some more.

[Broad flag]

They've really gotten too greedy!
+18 is an unprecedented luxury of central heating, and these guys are still talking about 22. Somewhere our guys missed the mark.

[tralflot1832]

The warmest sweaters are ICELANDIC. It's been proven. But now they cost a lot of money, not like in the USSR: 37 rubles in the 70s and 75 rubles in the late 80s.

[igorbrsv]

Judging by the price, the Icelanders should have been fleeced.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: tralflot1832

The warmest sweaters are ICELANDIC. It's been proven. But now they cost a fortune.

My grandmother knitted for me from wool she bought from a neighbor who kept sheep. Somehow I survived... I'm surprised myself, without Icelandic...
Yes, I also knitted socks. I never wore scarves on principle.

My God! How old we are! We were still the generation that wore felt boots on the streets. And sometimes, after just changing our wet socks, we even wore them to school...
A neighbor's sheep, fresh milk "in a mug," a grandmother with a spinning wheel and knitting needles, felt boots for "walking in," and not as an exotic souvenir... It seems that this is already something that archaeologists do.
And so, it seems, they are not particularly old, they still have a lot of smoking to do.

[tralflot1832]

Igor, during the Soviet era, there was a village called Pushnoy near Murmansk. It's a mouthful. But we Soviets were forbidden from going there. However, Queen Elizabeth's "fur master" would come there every year and select two "revolts" of the finest furs. Around 1999, a friend of mine and I went there and were exhausted choosing 21 fox pelts for his wife's exclusive fur coat. His wife was pleased, although she wore it as a consumable item later, when she became a judge. Try to approach him. .

[tralflot1832]

I've already described how, in Edinburgh, we ended up in that very bar at the very moment when Joanne Rowling herself was sitting at a table in the corner, writing a manuscript. Quite interesting memories. And she looked like a mouse – "white." But the pile of papers in front of her was worthy, and the photos from my Polaroid went to the Englishmen with whom we had made friends at the table; she was sitting behind them. We were opposite. We had to "annoy" her a little to get into her manuscript. But we were gentlemen, after all, there were six of us, twelve Scots.

[Grancer81]

And in the language of Kuzbass alcoholics, other things were called "fur".

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Grencer81

In the language of Kuzbass alcoholics, other things were called "fur"

The term, I believe, is common throughout Russia. Although the last time I handed in "furs" was around the same time as milk and kefir bottles—when I was a Pioneer.

[tralflot1832]

In Murmansk, it was called Operation Crystal, a pretty lucrative business when I was a kid. We had to invite our parents over several times; crystal was worth more than 25 rubles! We'd just clear out the homeless people's stashes of "crystal." "Green" bottles were popular here—we rarely broke them to avoid littering the place. There were cultural events.

[Peace]

No big deal. Half of Bandera's population is already outside the Bandera state. And there, Russian gas supplies (through intermediaries, of course) are regular, and there's heat. And what about the territory of the Bandera state? The European Union (the Fourth Reich) will simply increase Russian gas supplies to the Bandera state from the budgets of individual EU countries, Slovakia will supply more electricity, etc., and everything will be fine. In most of the Bandera state, lights are on at night, restaurants and discos are full, television works, industrial plants produce... including military goods, the metro and railways are functioning properly, no one is dying of cold or hunger, etc. And if Russian guys are dying in the trenches at the front, etc.... what can one add after four years of the BLDK? Apparently, it's nothing personal, but business is business. So there's no point in discussing and commenting on whether there will be cold or hunger in the Bandera state. They will never want for anything. Unfortunately. And perhaps one of the reasons is who and what companies own the energy production and distribution system throughout Ukraine. And perhaps this will come as a surprise. And most importantly, don't pay attention to what the media of the Bandera state writes. The goal is not to draw attention to some difficult situation in the Bandera state, but above all to fuel even greater hatred of Russians in your "brotherly people." There's nothing else going on here.

[matsur]

Quote: Pohoda

No big deal. Half of Bandera's population is already outside the Bandera state. And there, Russian gas supplies (through intermediaries, of course) are regular, and there's heat. And what about the territory of the Bandera state? The European Union (the Fourth Reich) will simply increase Russian gas supplies to the Bandera state from the budgets of individual EU countries, Slovakia will supply more electricity, etc., and everything will be fine. In most of the Bandera state, lights are on at night, restaurants and discos are full, television works, industrial plants produce... including military goods, the metro and railways are functioning properly, no one is dying of cold or hunger, etc. And if Russian guys are dying in the trenches at the front, etc.... what can one add after four years of the BLDK? Apparently, it's nothing personal, but business is business. So there's no point in discussing and commenting on whether there will be cold or hunger in the Bandera state. They will never want for anything. Unfortunately. And perhaps one of the reasons is who and what companies own the energy production and distribution system throughout Ukraine. And perhaps this will come as a surprise. And most importantly, don't pay attention to what the media of the Bandera state writes. The goal is not to draw attention to some difficult situation in the Bandera state, but above all to fuel even greater hatred of Russians in your "brotherly people." There's nothing else going on here.

+1
There were a ton of articles like this in the fall of 2022. But Ukraine didn't freeze! And it won't freeze now. And the information that they have enough gas for a mild winter speaks to the shortcomings of our command. I think they know where this gas is stored, and the question is: why aren't they shooting there? Why are the substations still operational? Even if you take out all the energy, it won't freeze. Europe won't let you. Pay out of your own pocket and they won't let you freeze. But it would be easier for our troops. Let them rely on generators and imported batteries for all their communications. Let Europe spend money on that, winter and summer.

[Grancer81]

We need to make sure there is no heating season there at all...

[faterdom]

In each city, it would be possible to gather all the remaining people into one or two buildings and save a lot on heating.
All the SBU guys in one place, the National Guard guys in the next one, the TCC guys in a third. The Azov guys, of course, separately.
And we will provide a fairly high temperature, even for free.

[Semion-9999]

The heating season has not yet begun