Zelenskyi held a meeting on the situation in Kharkiv: the region will receive 4 billion hryvnias to prepare for the heating season
Kyiv • UNN
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Kharkiv to discuss the operational situation, winterization, restoration of damaged infrastructure and housing for IDPs amid intense fighting in the region.
In Kharkiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting on the operational situation in the region and preparations for the autumn-winter period. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Office of the President of Ukraine.
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In particular, at the meeting, the commander of the military unit "Kharkiv" Mykhailo Drapaty reported on the situation in the area of responsibility of this group of troops, in particular in the Vovchansk direction. According to him, it remains difficult.
Oleh Syniehubov, the head of Kharkiv RMA , also informed about the plan developed together with the Cabinet of Ministers to decentralize the heat supply system in Kharkiv and measures to restore the damaged infrastructure.
UAH 4 billion will be allocated to prepare Kharkiv and the region for the autumn and winter period. Half of the amount will come from the reserve fund of the state budget, and the rest from the city budget. These funds will be used to restore damaged equipment and install cogeneration units
The President instructed Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, together with the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank, to work out the possibility for damaged power generating companies to take out loans for recovery without collateral.
Addendum
The meeting also discussed the situation with the second level of protection at Ukrenergo's substations.
Special attention was paid to providing housing for 20,000 internally displaced persons from the territories of Kharkiv region that are under constant shelling by Russia.
Now these people are temporarily accommodated in dormitories of Kharkiv higher education institutions. They are ready to give up their housing in favor of the state in order to receive certificates through eVodnovlennya to buy new housing in Kharkiv or the region. Zelenskyy instructed the Prime Minister to work on the implementation of this possibility.
Recall
Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky said that in Kharkiv region Russian troops are completely mired in street battles for Vovchansk, and intense and fierce fighting continues at the Pokrovske and Kurakhove directions.