The capital's authorities announced searches by the Security Service of Ukraine at Kyivteploenergo on February 12-13. They claim that these actions stopped the enterprise, which may delay the restoration of heating to Kyiv residents. Later, the SBU denied harm to technological processes and stated that criminal cases had been opened regarding the improper performance of official duties by individual Kyiv City State Administration officials.
This was announced by the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) on February 13.
The institution emphasized that the searches were conducted immediately after the massive Russian attack on the city.
“The shutdown of the head office paralyzed the entire enterprise on one of the most critical days for Kyiv. This disrupted the regular coordination of the activities of personnel and structural units,” the press release states.
The fire department calls the searches particularly problematic because the consequences of the shelling, which left 2,600 homes without heating, are still being eliminated.
As of the beginning of the Security Service searches, as the Kyiv City State Administration says, Kyivteploenergo was assessing the consequences of the hits and mobilizing all possible personnel to work at the power facilities. At this time, employees of the head office were forming emergency additional teams to sort out the rubble at the CHP. Buses were standing in front of the building, ready to go to the scene of the events.
SBU representatives are collecting documents related to preparations for the heating season or the restoration of the energy supply at the enterprise. Law enforcement officers have also sent 188 requests for documentation.
The Kyiv City State Administration criticized the actions of the SBU, calling the pretexts for criminal proceedings and searches “far-fetched.”
The Public has contacted Kyivteploenergo and the Security Service for comment and is awaiting a response.
Updated at 19:14. The SBU press service informed Suspilny that the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police have opened criminal proceedings regarding the improper performance of official duties by certain officials of the Kyiv City State Administration and a number of specialized utility companies regarding the protection of critical infrastructure facilities in the capital.
As part of the investigation into this case, investigative actions were conducted in the administrative premises of Kyivteploenergo on February 12-13. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
At the same time, the SBU emphasizes: “These measures were carried out in strict compliance with the legislation and in no way affected the technological processes of the Kyivteploenergo KP and the work of the units involved in the restoration of the infrastructure.”
What is known about the heating shutdown in Kyiv due to Russian attacks?
As a reminder, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko stated that after the massive Russian attack on the night of February 12, critical infrastructure facilities targeted by the Russian Federation were damaged in Kyiv. Almost 2,600 buildings in the capital were left without heat. These are high-rise buildings, in particular, in the Desnyanskyi, Dniprovskyi, Pecherskyi and Solomyanskyi districts. Head of the Desnyanskyi RDA Maksym Bakhmatov informed that the CHP was hit again.
Over 1,100 apartment buildings in the Desnyansky and Darnytskyi districts are also without heating after the previous shelling. Due to critical damage to the Darnytskyi CHP, it is currently impossible to supply heat to them.
After the nighttime missile attack by the Russian Federation, it will take 24 hours to restore the operation of CHPP-5, and approximately two days to restore CHPP-6. This was announced by Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal during a meeting of a parliamentary committee.