During the Government’s offsite meeting dedicated to Kharkiv region, ministries and other responsible agencies were given a number of tasks and instructions to be fulfilled promptly. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

The Ministry of Energy and the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development have been instructed to work out the redistribution of cogeneration units provided as humanitarian aid. The frontline regions should receive such units and mini-CHPs first.

The Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources and the regional authorities should work on possible alternative sources of water supply for Kharkiv region and protect water infrastructure.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources should take measures to overhaul the hydraulic structures of the Krasnopavlivka reservoir.

The Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration was instructed to provide financial estimates of the costs of building an underground department of the regional clinical hospital and the sources of funding for the project.

The Ministry of Health has been tasked with establishing rehabilitation departments in multidisciplinary hospitals. Cluster and supercluster medical institutions must sign contracts with the National Health Service for rehabilitation care packages.

The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Social Policy, the State Property Fund and local authorities should transfer the property of the Ukrainian Scientific and Clinical Centre for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation to the joint ownership of the communities of Kharkiv region.

The Ministry of Finance, together with the Ministry of Economy, should develop a mechanism for banks to provide loans in the frontline area. The National Bank and state-owned banks will also be involved in this work.

“These tasks should be completed as soon as possible. They are a priority for Kharkiv and other frontline regions, and people urgently need these solutions,” said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.