A meeting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine was held in Kharkiv Oblast.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Viktor Mikita, Head of the Congress Bureau Lilia Pashina, Minister of Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine Vitaly Bezhin, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Council Tatyana Yehorova-Lutsenko, Head of the Youth Congress of the Krakow Congress Region, Maria De Kharkiv, Ukraine. Representatives of law enforcement authorities, heads of district military administrations and the communities of the area.
In the Kharkiv region, we continue to implement programs aimed at strengthening security and support for the residents of the region. These questions became central during the meeting.
In particular, the implementation of the existing plans, the protection of the energy infrastructure, the course of evacuation measures, ensuring the stable activity of cellular communication during power outages were considered.
Special attention was given to social protection, assistance to internally displaced persons and implementation of the "Winter Support" program, implementation of support programs for defenders and defenders, development of veteran sports.
They also discussed the Carpathian Transformation project initiated by the President of Ukraine, which aims to improve the physical and mental health of children from frontline communities. This week, 432 children from our region went to the western regions of Ukraine for recovery and recreation.
Kharkiv Oblast is the only region in Ukraine that is building underground hospitals. At the same time, we continue to carry out projects that will make it possible to bring the provision of medical services to a completely new level.
Another important direction is the organization of a safe educational process. More than 20 underground schools have already been built in the area, and we plan to build about 20 more.
thank you Thanks to the President of Ukraine and the Office of the Congress for the systematic support of the Kharkiv region and the constructive interaction with the government structures.