KYIV, June 8 – The government of Ukraine is setting up a team to prepare for the next heating season, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his traditional video address on Tuesday night.

This decision was made as a result of a meeting I held today with both government officials and representatives of our largest state-owned energy companies and regulators," he said.

According to him, "whatever the occupiers plan for themselves, we must prepare for the next winter - in our state, on our land, for all citizens." "The issues of purchasing a sufficient amount of gas for the heating season, coal accumulation, and electricity production were discussed today. In the current situation due to Russia's aggression, this will indeed be the most difficult winter of all the years of independence," he said.