The Government annually increases state support for hromada development and infrastructure improvement. This year it reaches over UAH 37.8 billion. These funds were directed in the first place to repair schools and kindergartens, hospitals, construction of boiler-houses and sports grounds, as well as to healthcare development in rural areas, support of farmers in the regions, energy efficiency.

Dozens of socially important projects are being funded this year in the Donetsk Oblast with the Government’s financial support. In particular, in 2018, the Government allocated funds for overhaul of the main Second Donetsk Water Supply System in the Slovyansk Rayon, construction of a water supply system to the villages and settlements of the Pokrovske Rayon, reconstruction of the maternity hospital of the Central Rayon Hospital of Kostyantynivka, overhaul of the surgical departments and procurement of equipment for the City Hospital No. 1 in Kramatorsk, reconstruction of the building No. 1 of the Bakhmut Central Rayon Hospital, renovation of the Mariupol hub school No. 66, major repair of infectious department of the Druzhkivka City Clinical Hospital No.1, reconstruction of the communal institution “Soyuz” Cinema premises into “Multicentre” Social Office in Mariupol, renovation of the building of the Kramatorsk pre-school orphanage No. 3, construction of a modular gas boiler house in Donske urban-type settlement of the Volnovakha Rayon, renovation of the maternity hospital in Slavyansk and dozens of other projects.

In July, a cardio centre, equipped with a modern angiograph, was opened in the Mariupol Emergency Hospital. This equipment will save the lives of thousands of people suffering from cardiovascular diseases.

This year the Government is financing repairs of more than 3 500 km of Ukrainian roads. Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has repeatedly stated that high-quality repair of Ukrainian roads is one of the Government’s priorities. For 10 years, construction, overhaul and reconstruction of roads were almost non-existent in the country. Starting from 2016, the financing of the road sector has been increased year by year. "This is part of our strategy implementation: to connect all oblast centres of Ukraine in five years. I emphasise: Ukrainians have the right to ride and will eventually ride along good roads,” said Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman.

In total, this year the state has allocated nearly UAH 1.4 billion to renovate 100.8 km of roads in the Donetsk Oblast.

The task set by the Government is to connect all oblast centres with high-quality roads in five years.

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