Government works to increase financial support for frontline communities, Svyrydenko says

According to Ukrinform, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced this on Telegram.

According to her, the government is working to increase financial support for frontline communities.

The issue of distributing additional subsidies to local budgets that have been negatively affected by Russia’s armed aggression will be resolved in the near future.

“Together with the Head of the Office of the President, Kyrylo Budanov, we held a meeting with government officials and members of parliament, discussed key issues of social support for frontline regions, and identified a list of priority actions,” Svyrydenko noted.

As the head of government noted, today more than 6 million people live across 216 communities in 10 frontline regions. Despite daily Russian shelling, schools, hospitals, businesses, and public utilities continue to operate there.

“Our priority is to ensure people receive an adequate level of support and to maintain the resilience and economic activity of frontline communities,” she emphasized.

According to Svyrydenko, the meeting participants paid special attention to supporting children, particularly the placement of internally displaced children and support for the children of fallen defenders.

The prime minister noted that the government is already implementing a comprehensive package of 60 support programs for frontline areas. It includes safe education (underground schools and kindergartens, free hot meals for over 728,000 students), healthcare (bonuses for medical staff, continued funding for healthcare facilities, and targeted assistance for doctors), support for IDPs and vulnerable groups, as well as expanded opportunities for Ukrainian manufacturers under the Made in Ukraine program.

A separate area of focus is preparing for winter: as part of Community Resilience Plans, communities are being provided with backup power, heating, and water supply, Svyrydenko added.

As reported by Ukrinform, the government is introducing a new program to support businesses affected by shelling—loans for recovery. Starting July 1, small and medium enterprises will be able to obtain cheaper loans to restore destroyed or damaged property under the Affordable Loans 5-7-9% program. The interest rate on such loans will be 0.1% for the first two years.

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