While staying in the hotel Mir, I experienced the lack of heating, I even don't speak about air conditioning. Changing the hotel room to private three room flat located nearby for the same price as one room in a hotel I came to the conclusion that apartment is much better. There was fully serviced kitchen where I could either boil my egg or make a cup of coffee. Coming quite often to Ukraine I simply browse a couple of sites (I found the three room apt. at
http://www.kharkovapartment.com ) and reserve what I like.