Radiation shelter for 200 people being built in lyceum in Kyiv region

The construction of a new radiation shelter for 200 people has started in the Boryspil district of the Kyiv region at Pereiaslav Lyceum No. 5.

This was reported by the Kyiv Regional Military Administration on Facebook, Ukrinform reported.

As noted, specialists have already prepared a pit for concreting.

"The construction of the building will enable full-time training in one shift for the entire institution, taking into account the use of the simplest shelter that is currently in operation. In addition, the new shelter can be used by the population of the neighborhood if necessary," the regional administration noted.

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According to the regional administration, more than 1,200 civil defense facilities and shelters have been equipped in the region's educational institutions, which can accommodate nearly 270,000 people at the same time.

About 900 schools and kindergartens have been provided with shelters over the past two years. In September of this year, renovated shelters were launched in the educational institutions of the Hatne, Vyshneve, Bilohorodka and Petrivka communities.

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As reported, a dual-purpose shelter for 700 people was built in the Yurivka Lyceum in the Kyiv region.