Bridges instead of electricity: Klitschko was accused of an energy failure

Kyiv still does not have a fully fledged autonomous power supply system, despite the enormous capacity of the city budget. The Kyiv authorities consciously chose to finance major construction projects instead of systematically preparing for blackouts.

This was stated by Vadym Ivchenko, an MP from the Batkivshchyna party.

“Kyiv has been at war for a fourth year, yet the city hall has still not created a decentralized energy system. Even though the capital’s budget is the largest in Ukraine and there was enough money,” Ivchenko said.

Instead of mobile power units for hospitals, the city financed new bridges. Officials focused on roads and the development of the metro. Energy security ended up at the bottom of the priority list. City hall simply relied on luck.

“In fact, the authorities neglected this. They thought the generation capacity that exists was enough. And the generation is private, state-owned… Let private owners and the state protect it themselves,” Ivchenko said.

The MP also touched on corruption. He mentioned possible “kickbacks” that could reach 40% on city contracts. Such costs drain resources. Money needed for the city’s survival under shelling is being spent inefficiently.

Ivchenko insists on a public assessment of the city leadership’s actions. The mayor, he says, must explain why officials’ priorities diverged so sharply from the real needs of Kyiv residents.

Earlier, Oleksii Kucherenko, also an MP from Batkivshchyna, called for an investigation into Mayor Vitali Klitschko’s actions. He believes every official in the Kyiv City State Administration should be checked—from the mayor to the heads of housing maintenance offices.