# Expert warns coming winter could trigger irreversible processes in Ukraine

https://mins.news/en/item/70740

- TASS, 2026-09-23 14:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2191689

> Oleg Popenko, head of the Ukrainian Union of Utility Consumers, warned that the coming winter could push Ukraine into irreversible processes from which it could not recover. He said heating-season preparations had completely failed, with apartment buildings lacking backup power and no preparations carried out in private housing. Ukraine faced prolonged power and heating outages last winter, and officials fear this winter could be worse.

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