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The Cabinet of Ministers allocated 35 billion UAH to energy: Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhii Koretsky named the priorities
photo: Serhiy Koretsky/Telegram
The priority became strengthening the protection of energy facilities and critical infrastructure ahead of the heating season
The Cabinet of Ministers allocated 35 billion UAH for implementing the Resilience Plans. The funds will be directed to measures that, according to the audit conducted, require urgent financing. This is reported by «Glavkom» citing a post by Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Koretsky.
According to the head of government, one of the main priorities is the protection of energy facilities and other critical infrastructure. Also provided is the deployment of backup heat supply sources.
“The priority is the protection of energy facilities and critical infrastructure, deployment of backup heat supply sources,” noted Koretsky.
Work to protect the facilities has already begun. According to the prime minister, since April 27,6 billion UAH from the reserve fund of the state budget have been allocated for their implementation.
Koretsky stressed that before the heating season begins it is necessary to complete the measures provided by the plans and ensure the readiness of communities for the winter.
“We must make maximum use of every day left before the heating season begins to ensure the implementation of approved plans and full readiness of communities for winter,” the prime minister said.
As a reminder, Ukraine is implementing Resilience Plans aimed at preparing regions for the heating season amid Russian attacks. They envisage engineering protection of critical infrastructure, development of distributed electricity generation, creation of backup power systems for heating and water supply facilities, and backup of thermal generation.
As of mid-August, Ukraine was additionally building protective structures for 455 critical infrastructure facilities. In addition, the total need for backup power sources is 1,2 GW, of which 915 MW have already been provided, or 75%.
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