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The largest educational institution in Pyryatyn community — Pyryatyn Lyceum — has found itself on the edge of a municipal catastrophe. The large-scale reconstruction project costing more than 200 million hryvnias has effectively stalled, and the building itself was left exposed on the eve of cold weather.
This was reported on his social media page by Vlad Hulenko, a native of Pyryatyn. He said that recently he received photos from the lyceum that shocked him: part of the roof is exposed, on already installed sections there are no brackets, and the heating system has been completely dismantled. At the same time, construction work at the site has long ceased, the Poltavshchyna publication writes.
“Under these conditions there are real risks that the school will not be adequately prepared for the winter period. If heating is not restored soon and protection from precipitation is not provided for the building, the community may be left without the city’s largest school,” emphasizes Vlad Hulenko.
Currently 876 children study at the institution. The customer for the works is the Department of Construction of the Poltava Regional Military Administration. The public calls on the OVA to take immediate measures to protect the structure from collapse and to restore heat supply before the heating season begins.
Readiness 3 percent and billions moved elsewhere
The reconstruction and implementation of energy-efficient technologies at Pyryatyn Lyceum, located at 2a Vyzvolennia Street, began in 2025 year as part of the Ukraine Recovery Program with support from the European Investment Bank. The contract value of the tendered works, signed in August 2025 year, is 200,8 million hryvnias with an expected tender cost of 212,9 million hryvnias. As of August 2026 year, the construction readiness of the facility was only about 3 percent, although more than 6 million hryvnias had already been spent from the budget. The main financing, amounting to more than 196 million hryvnias, was moved to the 2027 year. Besides building materials and works themselves, taxpayers’ funds were already spent on design and cost documentation and its corrections.
The situation around the lyceum attracted the attention of the regional working group “Transparency and Accountability.” 24 September, at a meeting chaired by the deputy head of the Poltava OVA Iryna Salohub, analyzed the execution of large infrastructure contracts in the region. Natalia Brydniia, a representative of the OVA’s legal department, disclosed the results of the tender analysis won by the consortium “Energy Group Ukraine.” As revealed during the check, the contractor has serious staff and reputational risks: officially only 2 people are employed in the consortium, and 1 of the consortium’s participants — the company “Kotlogaz” — has more than 200 employees, but specializes in boiler equipment manufacturing rather than construction works.
The Tax Service confirmed the existence of risks, as well as the change of the contractor company’s legal address and leadership. Currently, procurement with international and budget funds is at risk, and the Poltava OVA urgently must find a solution to prevent the final destruction of the educational facility this winter.
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