Navtogaz state gas company warned that Ukrainian people were about to go through the coldest winter for decades because of the instability of gas supply.

Yurii Vitrenko, head of Ukrainian state -owned gas company Navtogaz, said on August 28 that the temperature in the home in Ukraine will be placed at 17 and 18 degrees Celsius, 4 degrees lower than normal.

Vitrenko said the heater season, the time when the central heating system starts, will start later and end earlier.

Without the Western support, we will lack gas and have great risks with the electricity supply system, Vitrenko said that NAFTogaz has supported some Ukrainian electric companies with gas in March.

Ukrainian soldiers provide food for the people of Avdiivka town, Donetsk province, in 2017. Photo: AFP

There is also the risk of power outage.

Ukraine meets 60% of the gas needed for domestic demand and imports the rest from neighboring countries of the European Union (EU) at market prices.

The world is experiencing the first global energy crisis in history.

Ukraine state gas company defaults in July because customers cannot pay invoices due to war.

Russia stated the conditions to provide the EU to the amount of gas they requested, the payment, handover of the turbine and the operation of the Nord Stream 2. 187

Juans Ratiniks, living in the city of Rezekne near the Russian border, decided to cut hot water from the city pipes, installed the home heater.