#Shelter

Kyiv Metro enterprise has unveiled its operation plan during a total blackout: stations will switch to shelter mode, life support will be powered by backups, and train and escalator movements may be suspended.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced the preparation of 200 spots for temporary housing of residents during critical heating supply disruptions: 100 for families with disabled children, and 100 for the elderly and people with disabilities. The center is equipped with its own boiler room and generators.

Vitaliy Selyk, Head of the Kyiv Urbanism Council, proposed introducing special markings in the metro to organize shelter spaces for citizens during air raids.

Frontline Zaporizhzhia has launched its first underground kindergarten covering over 900 sq. m and accommodating 115 children, featuring an anti-radiation shelter.

In Kyiv, students of the economics faculty of KNU were, according to a social media video, not allowed into the university's shelter during an air raid alert. The police registered the appeal and launched an investigation.

By September 2026, underground shelters have become a mandatory standard for new housing in Ukraine, and in 9 out of 10 private homes clients explicitly request the design of shelters. Buyers are ready to pay a premium for safety, while armored windows remain a niche demand.

Ukraine's Ministry of Education and Science has released methodological recommendations for schools: institutions must approve learning scenarios and transition algorithms in advance, depending on the level of safety.

Wave RBC.UA has compiled six stories of celebrities — from Surovtsev, who transported more than 300 animals out of Irpin, to Aniston with her The Clydeo Fund and Moby, who donated his Coachella profits to animal welfare organizations.

Ukraine's first underground kindergarten, 'Mobile', has opened in the Pesochynska hromada of Kharkiv Oblast. It allows in-person learning to continue even during air-raid alerts.