In Kharkiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting on the operational situation in the region and preparations for the autumn and winter period.
Commander of the Kharkiv OTGT Mykhailo Drapatyi reported on the situation in the area of responsibility of this grouping of troops, in particular in the Vovchansk direction. It remains difficult.
Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, informed about a plan developed together with the Cabinet of Ministers to decentralize the heating 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 explore the possibility for damaged power generating enterprises to obtain loans for reconstruction without collateral.
The meeting also addressed 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 the Kharkiv region that are subject to constant shelling by the aggressor state of the Russian Federation. These people are now temporarily accommodated in the dormitories of Kharkiv's higher education institutions. They are ready to give up their housing to the state in order to receive certificates through 'eRecovery' for purchasing new ones in Kharkiv or the region. Volodymyr Zelenskyy instructed the Prime Minister to explore the implementation of this possibility.
