Despite the heat wave, government institutions are prohibited from using air conditioning. Some institutions, like preschools and hospitals, are exempt.
This is one of the latest measures to address the problem of electricity shortages as Russians are targeting Ukrainian vital infrastructure. This report is from the city of Mykolaiv.
The ban on the use of air conditioners has affected the workflow at the city council. Anna Yakymchuk, the chief specialist of the public relations department, says that employees are trying to cope with the heat on their own.
“We open windows to create some draft. Everyone has water, we try to dress as lightly as possible. And when it gets really bad, we go for a walk in the corridor. There’s no point in going outside because it’s very hot there too,” says Anna.
Currently, all residents of Mykolaiv have no access to electricity for at least four hours a day.
The new measure was implemented despite the record high temperatures recorded in Mykolaiv.
According to Alina Pylypenko, the leading meteorologist at the Mykolaiv Regional Hydrometeorological Center, the temperature in Mykolaiv reaches +40 degrees Celsius, and on July 10, the highest temperature in the last 80 years was recorded at +40.5 degrees Celsius. This temperature will persist for another two weeks.
According to a government directive, the ban on the use of air conditioners will be in effect until December 31, 2024. For businesses, this ban is advisory in nature.
On top of all that, the lady in the picture hates the photographer.
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it’s so unfair it’s mandatory for public institutions but only advisory for private businesses.
Cries in Germany. Air conditioning is universally condemned here and in most public transport and many public buildings you’re lucky if it’s not actually hotter inside than outside
In the first years in Afghanistan, we basically cooked our soldiers in the combat vehicles. Hope you got some of the units that were upgraded in result.
That’s a photographers office… camera gear everywhere- possibly a self portrait using remote shutter.
Thank you for doing your job despite everything!
How about fans? Technically not AC.
If you can a small fan cycling the air around you even a little bit helps a ton
At least you have A/C. Over here, we just open our windows in the morning and then drop the blinds or shutters down for the rest of the day, until the sun sets
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Despite the heat wave, government institutions are prohibited from using air conditioning. Some institutions, like preschools and hospitals, are exempt.
This is one of the latest measures to address the problem of electricity shortages as Russians are targeting Ukrainian vital infrastructure. This report is from the city of Mykolaiv.
The ban on the use of air conditioners has affected the workflow at the city council. Anna Yakymchuk, the chief specialist of the public relations department, says that employees are trying to cope with the heat on their own.
“We open windows to create some draft. Everyone has water, we try to dress as lightly as possible. And when it gets really bad, we go for a walk in the corridor. There’s no point in going outside because it’s very hot there too,” says Anna.
Currently, all residents of Mykolaiv have no access to electricity for at least four hours a day.
The new measure was implemented despite the record high temperatures recorded in Mykolaiv.
According to Alina Pylypenko, the leading meteorologist at the Mykolaiv Regional Hydrometeorological Center, the temperature in Mykolaiv reaches +40 degrees Celsius, and on July 10, the highest temperature in the last 80 years was recorded at +40.5 degrees Celsius. This temperature will persist for another two weeks.
According to a government directive, the ban on the use of air conditioners will be in effect until December 31, 2024. For businesses, this ban is advisory in nature.
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On top of all that, the lady in the picture hates the photographer.
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it’s so unfair it’s mandatory for public institutions but only advisory for private businesses.
Cries in Germany. Air conditioning is universally condemned here and in most public transport and many public buildings you’re lucky if it’s not actually hotter inside than outside
In the first years in Afghanistan, we basically cooked our soldiers in the combat vehicles. Hope you got some of the units that were upgraded in result.
That’s a photographers office… camera gear everywhere- possibly a self portrait using remote shutter.
Thank you for doing your job despite everything!
How about fans? Technically not AC.
If you can a small fan cycling the air around you even a little bit helps a ton
At least you have A/C. Over here, we just open our windows in the morning and then drop the blinds or shutters down for the rest of the day, until the sun sets