Number of districts in Ukraine should be reduced by three times - Shmyhal

He said this at an extraordinary government meeting on Friday, June 12, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"Currently, there are 490 districts on the map. It is proposed to merge them and reduce their number by three times. In fact, the existing district division was formed back in the times of the USSR in the first half of the previous century. It does not meet many modern standards, so we need to restore order," Shmyhal said.

According to him, today there are districts where only 5,000 people live, and there are districts where more than 180,000 people live. "There are big distortions in subventions, subsidies, the ability of these districts," he said.

In addition, Shmyhal said that the current districts had been formed so long ago that they no longer meet modern standards.

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