President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced another 300 million for the reconstruction of Okhmatdyt, UNN reports.
"We will restore Okhmatdyt. I am in touch with the Cabinet of Ministers. There is a first decision - 100 million hryvnias to support Okhmatdyt. There will be another 300 million. There will be other decisions for Kyiv, for the cities of Dnipro and Donetsk regions - we will definitely support everyone. We will help all children, all families - all those who have suffered," Zelensky said during a video address.
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As reported by UNN, Ukrainians raised 250 million hryvnias in 22 hours to rebuild the Russian-attacked Okhmatdyt.
Earlier , Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets saidthat he had held talks with UNICEF representatives the day before.
"UNICEF is ready to urgently allocate additional funding to help those children and families who were in Okhmatdyt," Lubinets said.
We are also working on the issue of restoring the hospital as soon as possible.
In addition, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal today announced the start of work to restore the Okhmatdyt children's hospital, which was damaged by shelling.
According to him, the government has already allocated UAH 100 million from the reserve fund for priority reconstruction work and plans to increase funding as soon as the reconstruction project is ready.