Utility rates in Odessa will not increase this winter. However, the temperature in winter will be 17-18°C.
"It is 4 degrees below normal. I advise people to stock up on blankets and warm clothes in case the temperature outside drops below the average winter temperature of -10°C," — head of the state gas company Naftogaz Yury Vitrenko.
He said that thermostats in centralized heating systems should be turned on later than usual and turned off earlier.