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The five communities in the Kyiv region most dependent on state subsidies are Kotsyubynske, Nemishaieve, Rzhyshchiv, Dymer, and Kalyta. Their budgets largely require financial assistance from the state budget.
The civic initiative "Holka" obtained data on the level of subsidy dependence in response to a request from Member of Parliament Nataliya Pipa. The ranking was formed based on indicators from already executed budgets for the 2025 year.
Which communities of the Kyiv region are the poorest?
Kotsyubynske and Rzhyshchiv communities have appeared in this anti-ranking more than once.
At the same time, Uzyn community, which was the most subsidized in 2024, this year did not make the top five.
Instead, first place went to the Kotsyubynske community.
Despite Kotsyubynske’s significant budget dependence on state aid, its head Serhiy Danish received nearly 1,5 million hryvnias in salary last year. This allowed him to enter the top ten highest-paid heads of communities in the Kyiv region.
Over the year his income increased by more than 200 thousand hryvnias. Danish was the only leader from this group of five to appear in the ranking of the highest-paid community heads in the region.
For comparison, the head of Rzhyshchiv community, Khrystyna Chornenka, received about 577 thousand hryvnias in 2025. Acting head of Kalyta community Vita Pylypenko earned 455 thousand hryvnias. Thus, their payments were roughly half of Danish’s.
At the same time, Kalyta community is also significantly dependent on state support: about every third hryvnia of its budget is subsidy-based.
The Ministry for Communities Development explained in response to Holka’s request that a community’s receipt of subsidies by itself is not a basis for imposing limits on salaries or bonuses for local government officials.
The poorest communities of the Kyiv region in 2025 / Photo Holka
Who received the highest salary among the heads of communities in the Kyiv region?
The highest salary among all heads of communities in the Kyiv region in 2025 was received by the head of Prystolychnya community, Mykola Kaskiv — over 1,92 million hryvnias.
In second place is the head of Vyshhorod community, Oleksiy Momot, with 1,58 million hryvnias.
Third position was taken by acting mayor of Irpin, Anzhela Makeieva — 1,51 million hryvnias.
The top five also included head of Yahotyn, Nataliya Dziuba — nearly 1,5 million hryvnias, and mayor of Slavutych, Yuriy Fomichev — 1,42 million hryvnias.
Who among the heads of Kyiv region communities receives the highest salary / Photo Holka
How does a community’s revenue relate to its head’s salary?
The head of the civic initiative "Holka", Iryna Fedoriv, believes that state and community leaders should receive decent salaries. In her view, this can reduce corruption risks.
At the same time, she calls it cynical that Kotsyubynske’s head Serhiy Danish, whose community has a small budget, receives one of the highest salaries among leaders of communities in Bucha district.
Fedoriv also links Danish to the story surrounding development in the Bilychi Forest.
According to her, he previously served as an assistant to the former "regional" Petro Melnyk and received a plot of land for development.
She claims that Danish, together with the deputy majority of the Kotsyubynske village council, continues to support plans to develop the forest.
Fedoriv reminds that Kotsyubynske is surrounded on all sides by Kyiv and is effectively an enclave of the capital. According to her, at public hearings 61% of residents supported joining the village to Kyiv.
She also highlights the community’s problems: insufficient transportation links, a shortage of schools and kindergartens, and problems with access to emergency medical services.
Instead of necessary infrastructure, kiosks and small retail outlets are actively appearing in Kotsyubynske.
After the administrative-territorial reform in 2020, Ukraine created financially capable communities intended to independently provide basic services and development. At the same time, Kyiv Regional Military Administration data indicate that some communities in the region still depend on state subsidies.
Local budgets for 2027 are currently being prepared in Ukraine. According to Holka, Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky has instructed the Ministry for Communities Development to develop solutions regarding subsidized communities in each region.
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