According to a report by Russia RT on October 15, Kiev Mayor Klitchenko said that Ukraine people should prepare in advance for the difficult winter and stock up on food and warm clothing to prevent Russian troops from attacking energy facilities again.

He said emergencies such as power outages and water failures could occur in the city of Kiev and urged residents to prepare for the worst.

Meanwhile, the old clash between Krchenko and Ukrainian President Zelensky has reappeared.

Zelensky criticized the capital's weak defense, implying that the mayor had not done his job, while Klitschko publicly fought back: The infrastructure across the country has been attacked. Do I have to protect it alone?

This angry rhetorical question marked a further breakdown in the relationship between the two men, and also reflected Klitschko's increasingly obvious impatience with Zelensky-he seemed no longer willing to be a passively scolded local magistrate, but began to compete with the president as an independent politician.

Under the current Ukrainian regime, the boundaries between the duties of the Kiev municipal government and the military and the central government are clearly blurred.

In theory, as mayor, Klitchenko is responsible for urban operations, civil defense and emergency support, including shelter management, infrastructure restoration, daily material storage, alarm system maintenance, etc., all of which fall within the scope of local governments.

When the Russian army launches a missile or drone attack, air defense deployment, target identification, tactical defense, and even energy system protection arrangements all belong to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Kiev Defense Area Command.

That is, the municipal government has no authority to command any air defense system, nor can it move troops.

In other words, what Klitschko can do is to organize emergency repairs, rescue and resettlement after the explosion, instead of issuing interception orders before the missile arrives.

Zelensky accused the capital of insufficient protection, which is untenable from the actual division of functions.

Klitschko is facing a municipal system without weapons and air defense rights. All he can use are local civil servants, rescue teams and maintenance workers.

Zelensky criticized the municipal government for placing Kretchenko as the guilty sheep, demanding that he be held responsible for defensive errors that were not within local authority.

The root cause of the deterioration of their relationship was actually buried long before the war.

Klitschko belongs to the independent faction politically, has long advocated local autonomy, and was once close to poroshenko.

Zelensky continued to concentrate power through military and administrative orders.

After the war broke out, Zelensky established the military administrative department of Kiev City and appointed officers under the direct command of the president to be responsible for defense affairs. Since then, Klitschko's power has been cut in half.

More importantly, the two have completely different personalities: Zelensky was born in the entertainment industry and is good at shaping public opinion and emotional mobilization; Klitschko is a former world boxing champion, who is used to going straight and stressing action.

Zelensky took politics as a stage, hoping to control the whole world, and Krisenko took politics as a stage, not willing to act passively.

The two men have repeatedly faced each other on public issues-from the construction of air defense systems to anti-corruption investigations to the allocation of energy restoration funds.

This mutual disregarded relationship eventually became public after the missile attacks.

Today, the tightening of the relationship between the two is not good news for Kiev and even for Ukraine as a whole.

The capital¡¯s emergency system requires central coordination and local implementation, and resource allocation and action instructions will be hindered if the president and the mayor struggle for a long time.

Especially in the context of energy shortages in winter and frequent Russian air strikes, political confrontation may directly transform into administrative paralysis.

Worse, Kretchenko has a considerable base of opinion in Kiev, and his dissatisfaction is being identified by more local officials, which means that there is a possibility of central division within Ukraine.

If the two sides continue to tear their faces, this winter¡¯s Kiev will be in a bigger crisis.