Vyshneve to receive over 3 billion hryvnias following the Russian attack: where will the money go?
This was announced by Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
According to Svyrydenko, the government has instructed the relevant ministries to immediately draw up a decision to allocate 3.04 billion hryvnias from the reserve fund to support the community of Vyshneve.
The funds are to be channelled into several areas. First and foremost, this involves paying compensation to residents for destroyed or damaged homes. Funding is also earmarked for the reconstruction of destroyed private homes, major repairs to damaged high-rise blocks and the restoration of external utility networks.
In effect, this is not just about one-off payments to those affected, but about the comprehensive restoration of part of the town following one of the most devastating strikes on the housing sector in the Kyiv region.
What happened in Vyshneve
A secondary explosion occurred in the town following the attack. Svyrydenko had previously stated that Vyshneve had suffered the most extensive damage to its residential areas since the start of the full-scale invasion. According to her, 13 hectares of residential buildings were damaged.
How many people were killed and injured
According to Mykola Kalashnyk, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, as of the evening of 7 July, the death toll from the Russian attack had risen to nine. Eighteen injured people remained in hospital.
Clean-up operations following the strike are ongoing in the city. Rescue workers, utility services, the police, medical staff and local authorities are continuing to work on the damaged buildings and areas.
What damage has been recorded?
According to preliminary data from the Kyiv Regional State Administration, 253 private residential houses have been damaged in Vyshneve. Some of them have sustained minor damage, some require major repairs, and others will effectively have to be rebuilt from scratch.
Twenty-seven blocks of flats have also been damaged. A total of 1,692 windows have been smashed in these buildings. In addition to homes, businesses have also been affected: local authorities have received 65 reports from business owners regarding damaged property.
Assessments are still ongoing, so the final extent of the damage may be revised.
What the military are saying about the site in Vyshneve
Following the attack, a separate question arose regarding the facility in Vyshneve where the explosion occurred. Dmytro Lykhoviy, an officer with the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Main Communications Directorate, stated that this facility is not under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
This is an important detail, as following Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure, the Russian Federation traditionally attempts to justify the attacks by claiming they targeted military objectives.
Once the decision has been finalised, the government is to allocate funds from the reserve fund to specific programmes for the reconstruction of Vyshneve. It is expected that the funding will go towards both assisting individual residents and rebuilding the infrastructure of neighbourhoods.
For affected residents, the key steps will be to assess their property, document the damage and submit claims for compensation. Local and regional authorities are continuing the work of commissions tasked with determining the extent of the damage and the needs for reconstruction.
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