Mykola Kalashnyk, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, chaired another meeting of the Kyiv Region Defence Council. Together with the military, law enforcement, rescuers, heads of district military administrations, territorial communities and specialist services, the participants discussed key questions of security, regional resilience and the functioning of the territories.

"Today every management decision must serve the main goal — the safety of people, the stability of communities and the readiness of the Kyiv region for any challenge. Together we are implementing resilience plans: introducing additional distributed power and heat generation, building protection for critical infrastructure, ensuring the autonomy of social facilities, replacing worn-out water supply and drainage networks, and deploying generators and storage. We are actively preparing for the new heating season," Mykola Kalashnyk said.

Fire safety became one of the key issues

Because of hot, dry and windy weather, a high level of fire danger persists across the region. Most fires start through human carelessness, and in wartime the risks are compounded by the consequences of enemy attacks.

Particular attention goes to areas near forests, peat bogs and the exclusion zone. The head of the regional administration instructed officials to step up public information work, organise joint preventive patrols involving the emergency service, police and local authorities, and ensure effective cooperation between all services.

Veteran policy as a separate block

"Our task is to create every condition for veterans to return fully to civilian life: quality medicine, rehabilitation, psychological support, employment, housing and opportunities to start their own business," Mykola Kalashnyk noted.

The Kyiv region is already among the leaders in veterans' use of grant programmes for entrepreneurship. At the same time the goal is to speed up the opening of rehabilitation departments, widen access to medical services and strengthen support for veterans within communities.

More than 42,000 children have had a summer break

Special attention went to summer health programmes and recreation for children. More than 42,000 children in the Kyiv region have already taken up recreation opportunities funded from various sources. Some communities, however, have still not organised the campaign properly.

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