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The central government must be responsible for protecting Kyiv from Russian drones and rockets, and delays in treasury payments are complicating local communities’ work on protection and infrastructure restoration. This was stated on the air of "Ukraine 24/7" by social and economic policy expert Pavlo Rozenko.
"Now people are telling me about how Kyiv prepared for the war and for winter. But why, after 4,5 years, do Shaheds freely fly over Kyiv? And we don’t have either an air defense system that destroys them or an anti-missile defense system? Is it Klitschko’s fault that Shaheds fly over Kyiv and continue to smash our infrastructure with impunity? Kyiv rebuilds, Shaheds destroy," Rozenko said.
He also drew attention to delays in local budget payments, in particular for work to protect Kyiv’s infrastructure. According to him, lack of funds forced companies to halt operations.
"For a month all payments were frozen, and all enterprises stopped their activity because they had no funds. So are we in this together or not? […] And all financing was cut off for local self-government. This is not only about Kyiv, it’s about all of Ukraine," he said.
Rozenko also questioned the central government’s budgetary priorities, recalling funding for the telemarathon and programs paying out 1000 UAH amid delays in settlements with communities.
At the same time he praised the work of energy workers and municipal utility crews who restored basic services after massive Russian strikes on the capital. According to Rozenko, after one such attack electricity, water supply, and communications were restored by the next morning.
"So let’s thank the energy workers and municipal crews who, in less than a day after such large-scale shelling, returned light, water, and infrastructure to Kyiv residents," he said.
In addition, Rozenko said that in 2025 the Kyiv budget allocated more than 235 million UAH for protection against drones and rockets, and he questioned the results of how those funds were used. He linked their allocation to the then head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko.
"Tymur Tkachenko a year and a half ago received more than 235 million UAH from the city budget and promised that Kyiv would be protected from Shaheds and rockets. 1,5 year has passed. There is neither money nor protection, nothing," Rozenko said.
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