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The Verkhovna Rada 13 in October supported the Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko's invitation to attend a session of the parliament. Deputies want to hear the city head in light of criticism of the capital's winter preparations and protection of infrastructure from Russian attacks. This was reported by member of parliament Yaroslav Jelezniak.
The initiative was brought by member of parliament Marianna Bezuhla. She said that the parliament has not yet once heard Klitschko regarding the situation in the capital.
"You see what is happening in the capital. We have never heard Klitschko, and this issue is not about political parties or forces," said the deputy.
Klitschko's invitation was voted for by 151 a member of parliament, against by 8. After the vote, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk instructed preparing a corresponding message for the mayor.
At the same time, a concrete date and time when Klitschko should appear in the parliament have not yet been announced.
Press secretary of the city mayor Oksana Zinovyeva told hromadske that an official invitation to the mayor's office has not yet been received.
"We do not have an official invitation yet. We heard from deputies that they voted for this. When we receive the invitation, the mayor will go," she noted.
BAGNET reminds that earlier 13 October Klitschko stated that Kyiv is fully prepared for the new heating season. According to him, the city has restored heat supply facilities damaged by Russian shelling.
The mayor called the accusations of insufficient preparation of the capital for the cold season unfounded. He emphasized that the city authorities are not responsible for air defense, and Kyiv remains one of the main targets of Russian attacks.
"The accusations there are unfounded. We constantly provide information about the preparations. But the consequences of shelling, lights going out, and infrastructure being destroyed… the mayor is not responsible for the PVO," Klitschko said.
Separately, the mayor commented on the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office's suit over the absence of mobile shelters in the capital.
According to Klitschko, last autumn the city allocated 500 million hryvnias for their procurement. However, the district administrations, which are the managers of these funds, did not use the money, so it returned to the budget.
Klitschko also stated that criticism of the city authorities has a political character. In particular, he linked this to a planned action on 17 October demanding his resignation.
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