660 facilities in Kharkiv, Poltava, and Donetsk regions to be protected against attacks as part of preparations for the coming winter
660 facilities in Kharkiv, Poltava, and Donetsk regions will be protected against attacks as part of preparations for the coming winter. These measures are included in the Regional Resilience Plans presented at the fifth meeting of the Government’s Coordination Center. This was announced by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko summarizing the meeting.
“We began preparations for the upcoming heating season in late February. Each region has an approved plan with specified priorities: protecting critical infrastructure facilities, developing distributed generation, and ensuring uninterrupted heat, water, and wastewater services. The Government has allocated funding for priority work and streamlined procedures. Regional and community leaders, as well as operators of critical infrastructure facilities, are personally responsible for the timely implementation of these plans. This is a shared task—to prepare the country for winter amid an ongoing full-scale war and constant threats from the enemy,” noted Yulia Svyrydenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine.
In particular, the Kharkiv Region Resilience Plan provides for the protection of 540 critical infrastructure facilities against attacks. There are also plans to launch 55.5 MW of additional distributed generation to ensure the operation of heating and water supply, wastewater treatment, and other facilities. A total of 764 generators are planned to be deployed for backup power. A separate priority is the decentralization of heat supply. In Kharkiv region, plans envisage the introduction of approximately 130 MW of distributed heat generation. The funding requirement for the Kharkiv Regional Resilience Plan exceeds UAH 32.296 billion.
The Poltava Regional Resilience Plan calls for the protection of 83 critical infrastructure facilities and the introduction of nearly 106.4 MW of distributed generation. To enhance backup power, the plan calls for the deployment of 248 units of equipment for heat, water supply, and wastewater treatment facilities. A separate priority is the development of distributed heat generation. The plan envisages the introduction of 31.68 MW of cogeneration units and modular boiler houses, as well as the construction of a boiler house and a central heating plant with a capacity of 115.8 MW. The total funding requirement for the Poltava Region Resilience Plan is UAH 5.065 billion.
The Donetsk Regional Resilience Plan provides for the protection of 37 critical infrastructure facilities and the commissioning of up to 68 MW of additional distributed generation. To provide backup power for heat, water supply, and wastewater treatment facilities, it is planned to deploy 87 units of equipment with a total capacity of 41.7 MW. The total funding requirement for the Donetsk Regional Resilience Plan amounts to UAH 1.989 billion.
The meeting participants also considered the status of work on protecting critical infrastructure facilities in other regions— assessing how prepared the regions are to stay on schedule and how the implementation of the first stages is advancing.
All regions must submit plans next week for co-financing the work from local budgets. For its part, the Government has already secured funding for the initial work. In March, a total of UAH 22.1 billion was allocated to protect 576 facilities—this represents the largest expenditure from the State Budget’s reserve fund. These funds have already been directed toward work to protect major energy facilities, substations, transformers, gas distribution stations, and Ukrzaliznytsia infrastructure.
Regional Resilience Plans are a set of measures to prepare the power grid and housing and utilities sectors for the upcoming heating season, which the Government is implementing jointly with regional military administrations and communities. The total funding requirement for these measures is estimated at UAH 278 billion (EUR 5.4 billion). To cover this, the Government is working to secure financial resources from international partners. Co-financing by local communities for public utilities is also envisaged.
